Ávila SEA, Ferrer MR, Crespo JB

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

We present a pregnant woman of 40 weeks of gestational age, without prenatal care, with a history of 7 days of intermittent fever who goes to the provincial motherhood of Sumbe, Kuanza Sul, Angola in childbirth work, with a calculation of 40 weeks according to date of the last menstruation, a smear of peripheral blood was performed which yielded Plasmodium vivax, three hours later the first twin of 2050 grams was born with a delayed intrauterine growth appearance and fever of 38ş C and hepatosplenomegaly, a blood sample was taken from the umbilical cord where there were observed red blood cells increased in size, second twin of 1300 grams was born (dead fetus impregnated in meconium and very thin and reddish umbilical cord). Blood sample (thick drop) was taken from live birth with positive result to Plasmodium vivax. with parenteral quinine after delivery and the newborn oral artemeter, both with satisfactory evolution.