Manejo do recém-nascido exposto à sífilis em hospital universitário do nordeste

Abstract

Syphilis is a very old disease, transmitted through two main routes - sexual and vertical. This depends on factors such as the treatment of the pregnant woman and the stage of the disease. When the pregnant woman is not treated properly, the child may contract congenital syphilis (CS), which can result in abortion, stillbirth, prematurity and a wide clinical spectrum. The incidence of acquired syphilis has greatly decreased with the discovery of penicillin, but the number of cases of CS has increased, including in Brazil. Infection in the newborn, in most cases, is asymptomatic and when symptomatic it can be divided into two spectra: early and late. CS is preventable through prenatal monitoring, testing during the first and third trimesters of pregnancy and at the time of delivery and appropriate treatment with penicillin. This research aims to outline the epidemiological profile of pregnant women infected with syphilis and to

evaluate the monitoring of mothers and children exposed to syphilis. This is a qualitative- quantitative, observational and retrospective study, to be conducted at the Specialized

Assistance Service (SAE) of the Hospital Universitário Napoleão Wanderley (HULW) of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB). This study will analyze medical records of infected pregnant women and children exposed to syphilis under monitoring in the SAE, covering children born from January 2018 to December 2019. Data collection will be organized in Excel ®, version 2010. After checking errors and inconsistencies, the analysis will will be performed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 20.0 for Windows.