title: [Facial palsy and pregnancy: management and treatment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the degree of peripheral facial palsy of pregnant women and puerperae at admission and at discharge and to evaluate related factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective, cross-sectional study, with analysis of medical records of pregnant and postpartum women with facial palsy, over a period of 12 months, with application of a standardized protocol for patient evaluation and of the House-Brackmann scale on the occasion of the first visit and at discharge.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six patients were identified, mean age of 22.6 years. Five cases were classified as stage IV and one as stage II on the House-Brackmann scale, being two of them puerperae and four pregnant. All showed improvement on the House-Brackmann scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Bell's palsy has a good prognosis even in pregnant and postpartum women, being important to perform the correct treatment to reduce the sequelae in this group identified as more susceptible to peripheral facial palsy.
authors.forename: Maria Augusta Aliperti
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lavori
authors.forename: Guilherme Machado
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Alexandre Caixeta
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.forename: Vanessa Golçalves
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Jorge Rizzato
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Paschoal
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult