RISK FACTORS RELATED TO UTERINE RUPTURE IN PATIENTS ASSISTED AT THE MATERNITY OF HOSPITAL GERAL DO HUAMBO, FROM JANUARY TO JULY 2019.

Abstract

Uterine rupture (RU) is a complication of pregnancy that can cause the death of both mother and fetus. In Angola during or after childbirth, many women had uterine rupture problems, which caused ten 10% of deaths in public maternal services in 2017, the same statistic as the previous year. The objective of this study was to determine the risk factors and Prevalence of uterine rupture in patients treated at the General Hospital of Huambo, from January to July 2019. This is a retrospective descriptive study with a qualitative-quantitative approach, from a secondary source using medical records of 36 patients treated at the Huambo General Hospital in 2019, which served as a sample of the study. Results of this research show that the prevalence of uterine rupture was 25% in the 3rd trimester taking into account age. While, according to the level of education, illiteracy has a prevalence of 27.77%, the number of previous deliveries the prevalence was 52.77% and women with more than one previous cesarean section the prevalence was 86.11%, while women with origin in rural areas had a prevalence of 66.66%.