Aspectos clínicos y epidemiológicos de las enfermedades diarreicas agudas secretoras. Hospital General Docente “Juan B. Viñas González”. 2014

Journal Title: Revista Eugenio Espejo - Year 2018, Vol 12, Issue 1

Abstract

An observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was carried out. 634 pediatric patients with acute diarrhea were the study population who were admitted to the General Hospital “Juan B. Viñas González” of Palma Soriano, Cuba, during the period January-December 2014. e results showed a predominance of the age range between 1 and 4 years (30.4%); most of them, residents in rural areas (64.5%) where the quality of drinking water was not adequate (46.8%) and the disposal of excreta were deficient in 45.1% of cases. The predominant symptoms were fever and vomiting 47.4% and 45% respectively and the signs were: the sunken eyes (57.4%) and dryness of the mucous membranes (45.1%). There were some complications such as: dehydration (55.2%), hypoglycaemia (50.9%) and metabolic acidosis (34.9%); it was sometimes presented a child with more than one complication, which motivated a 35% of income in the progressive care services. However, there were no deaths due to this cause in the time studied.

Authors and Affiliations

Lídice Jerez Collazo Hospital Pediátrico “Juan B. Viñas González”, Cuba Migdalia Torres Márquez Hospital Pediátrico “Juan B. Viñas González”, Cuba Dayron Brossard Peña Instituto Tecnológico Superior “Standford”, Ecuador Dirección Distrital de Salud 10D02 Antonio Ante - Otavalo, Ecuador Edgar Brossard Peña Instituto Tecnológico Superior “Riobamba”, Ecuador Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Ecuador

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Lídice Jerez Collazo Hospital Pediátrico “Juan B. Viñas González”, Cuba Migdalia Torres Márquez Hospital Pediátrico “Juan B. Viñas González”, Cuba Dayron Brossard Peña Instituto Tecnológico Superior “Standford”, Ecuador Dirección Distrital de Salud 10D02 Antonio Ante - Otavalo, Ecuador Edgar Brossard Peña Instituto Tecnológico Superior “Riobamba”, Ecuador Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Ecuador (2018). Aspectos clínicos y epidemiológicos de las enfermedades diarreicas agudas secretoras. Hospital General Docente “Juan B. Viñas González”. 2014. Revista Eugenio Espejo, 12(1), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-694948