This is a descriptive study that took place in a public maternity in Fortaleza Ce, with objective to characterize the prematureness among newly born (RN) interned in the Unidade Neonatal due to the premature amniorrexe. It was analyzed 37 newborns along with their mothers. From the newborns it was analyzed: prematureness degree, Apgar and reanimation need; and from their mothers: gestational age, pre natal care, birth and gestational pathologies. It was found that 35,1% of the babies are premature and 29,7% had a 0-6 Agar during the first minute of life, needing reanimation. As for the gestational age, 35,1% presented membrane ruptures before the 37th week of birth, 5,4% did not go through pre natal care, 67,5% attended from 2 to 5 appointments and 27,1% attended to 6 or more, 16,2% of the mothers presented Gestational Specific Highblood Pressure Disease (GSHPD) and 51,3% of the mothers went through normal delivery. It was concluded that the prematureness was high, being a main cause of newborn morbid/mortality and that it also brings clinical and obstetric complications for the mothers. The GSHPD still represents a risk to pregnancy. More studies on the subject are needed in order to acknowledged the real magnitude of the problem.
Infant, Premature; Mothers; Pregnancy; Gestational Age; Obstetric Labor, Premature
