Description of the care process, aimed at the detection, treatment and monitoring of gestational syphilis developed in the maternal health program in a first-level hospital in Bogotá D.C. Descripción del proceso de atención, dirigido a la detección, tratamiento y seguimiento de la sífilis gestacional desarrollado en el programa de salud materno en un hospital de primer nivel de bogotá d.c.

Abstract

This article presents the results of a research whose main objective was to describe how the care process aimed at the detection, treatment and follow-up of gestational syphilis is carried out according to Resolution 412 of 2000 in the care guide for congenital syphilis. The study had a descriptive-retrospective quantitative approach where 8 clinical histories of pregnant women with a diagnosis of Gestational Syphilis treated at the San Cristóbal Hospital (UPA first of May) in the period from March 2010 to July 2011 were taken as the population. Among the main results, it was found that 50% of pregnant women began their prenatal care in the second trimester and 87.5% had syphilis detected before week 34. From the above, it was concluded that in the Care process carried out for women with gestational syphilis at the San Cristóbal Hospital (UPA first of May), the record of the treatment provided must be improved, according to the classification of the stage and in the follow-up the cure of the pregnant woman must be determined by from the first level of care once it is referred to level II.