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Panorama of gestational trophoblastic disease in a capital of the northeast
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Keywords

Gestational trophoblastic disease
Hydatidiform mole
Women's health

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Panorama of gestational trophoblastic disease in a capital of the northeast. (2020). Electronic Journal Collection Health, 12(9), e4212. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e4212.2020

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Abstract

Objective: To analyze the panorama of gestational trophoblastic disease in a capital city of Northeast Brazil in the period of 2013 and 2018. Methods: this is a quantitative, descriptive and documentary study, carried out through the analysis of medical records. Results: 238 medical records of women diagnosed with molar pregnancy were found, with an average of 40 cases per year. Most women were in the age group between 20 and 24 years (28%), were single (71.1%), brown color (89.8%), with complete / incomplete high school education (42.3%), and had blood type O (54%) and positive Rh factor (92%). As for the obstetric history, most were on the first pragnancy (42.3%), had a complete mole (44%) and the treatment of choice was manual intrauterine aspiration (44.4%). Conclusion: it became evident that gestational trophoblastic disease is a pathology that occurred in a small increase in the period from 2013 to 2018, but with a positive clinical evolution.

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