INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF MEDICINE SECTION: HEMATOLOGY ISSN: 1755-7682 International Medical Society http://imedicalsociety.org 1 2016 Vol. 9 No. 348 doi: 10.3823/2219 © Under License of Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License This article is available at: www.intarchmed.com and www.medbrary.com Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of gestational complications and perinatal outcomes in women with and without hemoglobino- pathies. Method: This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, performed from 110 medical records of pregnant women who un- derwent prenatal, childbirth, postpartum and perinatal care in a gyne- cology and obstetrics service of the University Hospital at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, between 2010 and 2011. Results: Gestational complications in women with and without hemoglobinopathies in the variables: obstetric (preterm labor, pre- eclampsia, ruptured membranes for more than six hours (17.06 times; 12.19 times; 4.27 times respectively); clinical: urinary tract infection, heart failure, severe anemia (2.97 times; 12.6 times; 9.75 times, respec- tively), and perinatal: cesarean delivery, neonatal infection; the new- born in the neonatal intensive care unit; fetal death, stillbirth (1.57 times; 39.00 times; 12.19 times; 12.9 times; 9.75 times; respectively) were higher in the presence of hemoglobinopathies. Conclusion: The pregnancy outcomes of women with hemoglobi- nopathies, perinatal and their newborns showed a higher prevalence of complications than women without this change. Pregnancy Complications and Perinatal Outcomes of Women with Hemoglobinopathies ORIGINAL 1 Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande/MS, Brazil. 2 Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. 3 Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal/RN, Brazil. Contact information: Marcos Antonio Ferreira Júnior. Address: Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Health Science Center, Department of Nursing. Avenida Salgado Filho, S/N, Lagoa Nova, Natal/RN, Brasil. CEP: 59078-970.  marcos_nurse@hotmail.com Keywords Hemoglobinopathies; Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; Perinatal Care. Eliny Aparecida Vargas Machado Salazar 1 , Maria Lúcia Ivo 1 , Sandra Luzinete Félix de Freitas 1 , Maria Stella Figueiredo 2 , Maria Auxiliadora de Souza Gerk 1 , Cristina Brandt Nunes 1 , Berenice Assumpção Kikuchi 1 , Elenir Rose Jardim Cury Pontes 1 , Ernesto Antonio Figueiró-Filho 1 , Thais Priscila Biassi 2 , Isabelle Campos de Azevedo 3 , Rita de Cássia Lira da Silva 3 , Marcos Antonio Ferreira Júnior 3