Intervención de enfermería en la prevención y tratamiento de la anemia ferropénica en la paciente gestante, desde la perspectiva de su rol en el control prenatal

Abstract

Gestational anemia is a condition that occurs in pregnant women. characterized by the body not having an adequate amount of healthy red blood cells, which are responsible for transporting oxygen to the rest of the body. Within the etiologies of gestational anemia, the deficiency of folic acid, iron, and glucose is addressed-6- phosphate dehydrogenase, etc. (Augusta de Sá, and others, 2015). Canales and Vera (2016) have related that the WHO in this same year has highlighted that in several Latin American countries, anemia iron deficiency has become a frequent complication in pregnancy, being associated with preterm delivery, low birth weight and perinatal morbidity and mortality, based on this, it has been evidenced that when hemoglobin is less than 11 g/dl, 19.7 maternal deaths occur for every 10,000 births. Also, in accordance with what was commented by the National Survey in Health and Nutrition, the prevalence of anemia in pregnant women is 15%