Caracterización de niños entre 2 meses y 17 años con diagnóstico de neumonía adquirida en la comunidad hospitalizados en el HUS
La infección respiratoria aguda es la afección más frecuente en menores de 5 años y la neumonía es una de las principales causas de mortalidad en este grupo etario a nivel mundial, con mayor peso en países en vías de desarrollo. Existen diversos factores que contribuyen a la aparición de neumonía y...
- Autores:
-
Ramirez Ruiz, Jose Mauricio
- Tipo de recurso:
- http://purl.org/coar/version/c_b1a7d7d4d402bcce
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2016
- Institución:
- Universidad Industrial de Santander
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UIS
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:noesis.uis.edu.co:20.500.14071/33922
- Palabra clave:
- Neumonia
Factores De Riesgo
Mortalidad
Niños.
The acute respiratory infection is the most frequent condition in children under 5 years of age and pneumonia is one of the main causes of mortality in this age group worldwide
with greater impact in developing countries. There are several factors that contribute to the appearance of pneumonia and its spectrum of severity. This study aims to describe the characteristics of patients between 2 months and 17 years of age who were hospitalized with a diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the HUS during the year 2014. This is a cross-sectional study which included all patients from 2 months to 17 years of age
diagnosed with pneumonia
who were hospitalized in 2014
including 53 individuals. A descriptive analysis was made calculating measures of central tendency and dispersion
bivariate analysis between severe CAP and other variables. The STATA 12.1 software was used
considering a statistically significant value of p <0.05. The study was endorsed by the ethics committee in investigation of the UIS. The results revealed a prevalence of respiratory disease of 5.7% (95% CI
4.9%
6.5%)
prevalence of CAP was 1.4% (CI 95% 1.1
1.9) and prevalence of Severe CAP of 17.0% (95% CI 6.5
27.4). The absence of a previous vaccine against pneumococcus (p = 0.006) and hospital stay (p = 0.004) were strongly related to severe CAP. From the findings of the study we can conclude that the prevalence of CAP in the population that attended this center is higher than was found in other studies
but the severity is lower. These studies need to be carried out in the future and with a wider population to obtain more representative results of our general population.
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