Complicaciones del embarazo en pacientes con ganancia excesiva de peso gestacional en un hospital público peruano

Objective: TTo determine the demographic and clinical characteristics, of pregnant women with excessive gestational weight gain. And determine their relationship with maternal complications. Methods: Analytical, retrospective study. Full-term pregnant women, older than 18 years and with single live fetuses, with legible clinical history and prenatal care card with first and last check-up, treated at a public hospital in Peru between January - June 2022, were included. Patients with mental problems and those with fetuses with malformations, were excluded. The variables measured were: sociodemographic characteristics, obstetric, gestational weight gain, and maternal complications. Excess gestational weight was defined using pre-pregnancy body mass index, difference in weight between the first and last prenatal check-up, and Institute of Medicine guidelines. A descriptive analysis was made and to recognize the relationship between excessive gestational weight and maternal results, the X2 test was used. The National University of San Agustín Institutional Research Ethics Committee granted approval of the study. Results: We included 1021 pregnant women in the study. Of these, 49.0% had excessive gestational weight. 43.0% of overweight patients had maternal complications. A relationship was found between excessive weight gain in pregnancy and gestational diabetes. Conclusions: Patients with excessive weight gain in pregnancy were more likely to have gestational diabetes. Keywords: Body mass index, Gestational weight gain, Pregnancy complications, Gestational diabetes, Peru.