PERFIL CLÍNICO-EPIDEMIOLÓGICO DE GESTANTES DE ALTO RISCO ACOMPANHADAS EM SERVIÇO DE REFERÊNCIA

Objective: To identify the clinical-epidemiological profile of high-risk pregnant women monitored at a referral service. Methods: Observational, retrospective, quantitative study, analyzing 254 medical records of pregnant women attended at the High-Risk Prenatal Care Unit of a University Hospital in 2020.Results: The results showed pregnant women with an average age of 29 years, mixed race (62.6%), unmarried (37.4%), from the Zona da Mata Paraibana (90.2%), with a high school education (54.7%), homemakers (42.9%), overweight (23.2%), and obesity (43.3%), without previous abortions (72.4%), multiparous, with an average of 2.4 pregnancies, and 1 gestational pathology. The comorbidities that led to referral were Gestational Hypertensive Disorders (26.4%) and Diabetes Mellitus (24.8%).Conclusions: It was possible to identify the clinical-epidemiological profile of the sample studied, in which it is possible to highlight hypertensive syndromes of pregnancy and diabetes mellitus as the main reasons for referral to the service. Keywords: High-Risk Pregnancy. Prenatal Care. Health Profile.