Condições associadas ao desenvolvimento da gestação de alto risco: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

The pregnancy is a physiological event that occur during reproductive life’s women. It usually has successful outcome, although multiple risks can affect the woman and fetus health. When it happens, the pregnancy is called high-risk pregnancy. It is necessary to study and comprehend the risk factors. For that reason, this research has the main objective: to review the conditions that can trigger high-risk pregnancy. The research was carried out in scientific journals published after 2014. The following public domain databases were used: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO) and National Library of Medicine (NCBI). The following descriptors were used: “High-risk pregnancy”, “Socioeconomic factors”, “Risk factors”. As result, it was found that women living in marginalized and neglected areas, with low education, unemployed and in a vulnerability socioeconomic situation are more susceptible to develop high-risk pregnancy. Therefore, it is noticeable the need for sociodemographic characterization of pregnant women in order to understand each case and reduce exposure to risks for women so that they have a pregnancy-free process.