RESUMO
Foi realizada uma análise da morbidade neonatal e materna e a mortalidade neonatal de acordo com o tipo de parto, cesariana ou vaginal. Foram estudadas prospectivamente 170 parturientes sem complicações gestacionais e com nascimento a termo: Grupo 1 (n = 95), puérpera com parto por via vaginal, Grupo 2 (n = 75), puérpera submetida à cesariana. Parâmetros maternos e fetais foram avaliados. Foi observada maior incidência de partos por via vaginal nas pacientes que estudaram até o ensino fundamental incompleto (p = 0,0045). Houve prevalência maior de partos prévios por via vaginal no Grupo 1 e de cesáreas no Grupo 2 (p < 0,001). Observou preferência de 78 (82,1 por cento) das mulheres do Grupo 1 pelo parto vaginal contra apenas 28 (37,3 por cento) das mulheres do Grupo 2, pela cesárea (p = 0,0002). Houve dor intensa no pós-operatório nas pacientes submetidas a parto cesáreo (oito casos) (p = 0,018). Traumas obstétricos foram verificados em catorze recém-nascidos do Grupo 1 e em sete do Grupo 2 (p = 0,28). Concluímos que existe maior morbidade neonatal em recém-natos de parto por via vaginal quando comparada com neonatos de cesárea e maior morbidade materna em puérperas com parto cesariana.
An evaluation of infant morbimortality and mother morbidity was undertaken according to the type of delivery. A prospective study was undertaken on 170 puerperal patients divided into two groups: Group 1 (n = 95), natural or vaginal delivery, Group 2 (n = 75), submitted to caesarean delivery. Complications in mothers were classified in small, moderate and severe. The infant parameters were: period of pregnancy, weight on birth, Apgar score, necessity of intensive care and neurological disorders. Mothers who had not completed elementary school (p=0.0045) had more vaginal delivery. Previous vaginal deliveries were more common in Group 1 than caesarean section in Group 2 (p = < 0.001) (OR = 104.00; 21.11 < OR < 610.99). In Group 1, vaginal delivery was preferred by 78 (82,1 percent) of mothers comparing to 28 (37.3 percent) from Group 2, who preferred caesarean section (p = 0.0002) (OR = 4; 1.77 < OR < 9.17). Post-operative was more intense and frequent after caesarean section (8 cases) than patients of Group 1 (2 cases) (p = 0.018) (OR = 0.18; 0.03 < OR < 0.96). Obstetric trauma was found in 14 deliveries of Group 1 and 7 of Group 2 (p = 0.28). Infant hospitalization was greater in Group 2 (3.43 +/- 0.70 days) in comparison with Group 1 (2.71 +/- 0.67 days) (p < 0.0001). The infant morbidity was greater after vaginal deliveries, but maternal morbidity was greater after caesarean deliveries.