Risk factors for prematurity: a narrative review

Abstract

Objective: To discuss the risk factors for prematurity. Bibliographic review: Pregnancy is a period in which the woman is affected by changes in her body, being metabolic endocrine changes. In normal pregnancies, this period can reach 40 weeks, in the period between 37 and 38 weeks and six days it is conceptualized with the early term and can present greater complications, triggering a premature birth. in the first five years of life in Brazil and as a lack of prenatal care, the use of licit and illicit drugs, spontaneous abortions after the first gestational trimester; maternal age below 15 years or above 40 years; multiple pregnancy and lack of prenatal control, and chronic health problems for the mother. Final considerations: Prematurity is a difficulty in public health, so it is important to prepare the health system complex, and to be able to provide all the care according to the needs of pregnant women. Prenatal care is a tool to minimize the rates, because it is through the monitoring of pregnancy that you can identify the characteristics that represent risk and thus institute measures for their prevention.