Sífilis em gestante e sífilis congênita: um estudo retrospectivo

Abstract

Introduction: Syphilis, despite all the use of Health Policies in minimizing their occurrence, for various reasons, continues to affect pregnant women and newborns. Objective: to know the reasons that favor pregnant women not to have the diagnosis of syphilis in prenatal care. Methods: a retrospective study of patients with gestational and congenital syphilis in the city of Santa Cruz / RN,carried out from the records of reports and medical records of pregnant women and their newborns who sought care in a University Hospital,a reference in Maternal and Child Health in the region of TrairiPotiguar, from January 2013 to January 2015 with quantitative method. Results: 31.7% of the participants in the sample had incomplete primary education. However, despite the low level of schooling, 87.8% of the sample said they had undergone treatment, by medical prescription during the time they were hospitalized (100%). In the total sample, only 19.5% (n = 8) underwent treatment during prenatal care in their first pregnancy (46.3%). Of all the newborns, children of mothers who presented positive VDRL, 80.5% of them had no symptoms. In 68.3% of the cases studied, there was no information on treatment of partners, 7.3% concluded treatment and 24.4% did not accept treatment. Conclusion: There was underreporting of congenital syphilis in the Hospital and when notified, it was not done correctly. Epidemiological surveillance needs to be more valued and made more effective, in front of the patient, so that no data can be lost. There was a lack of prenatal care and management of newborns. On the other hand, all the children were asymptomatic and received benzathine penicillin treatment