Estudio de farmacovigilancia dirigido a mujeres embarazadas en hospitalización, en el Hospital Provincial General Docente de Riobamba

Abstract

The aim of this research is to study pharmacovigilance aimed at pregnant and hospitalized women at the Riobamba provincial general teaching hospital, which was carried out on the basis of a situational analysis that made it possible to show the presence of polymedicated patients. The most appropriate method was the statistical method, which allowed us to evaluate the number of pregnant women in hospitalization with polymedication and which were the prevalent diseases. Forty pregnant and hospitalized women from 15 to 35 years of age were selected, obtaining a significant group to determine the activity of the drugs ingested in relation to the different diseases presented by each one of them. After processing the statistical data, it was found that 96% of women suffer from preeclampsia and only 4% from gestational diabetes, being the most important diseases in the sample evaluated. It was determined that from 15 to 20 years of age the incidence of polymedication is 36%, from 21 to 30 years 32% and from 31 to 35 years 32%, without significant variation in the values found but high with respect to previous data found in the place of investigation. With the above data, it is evident that there is a relationship between polymedication and preeclampsia and gestational diabetes, which could be avoided if there was an awareness in the medication of pregnant women. A further study based on the prevalent diseases found is recommended in order to rule out medications that should not be used in women during this period.