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Mortalidad por neumonía en menores de 5 años / Mortality due to pneumonia in children under 5 years
Tamayo Reus, Caridad María; Bastart Ortiz, Emma Aurora; Cunill Romero, Susana.
Affiliation
  • Tamayo Reus, Caridad María; Hospital Docente Infantil Sur. Santiago de Cuba. Cuba
  • Bastart Ortiz, Emma Aurora; Hospital Docente Infantil Sur. Santiago de Cuba. Cuba
  • Cunill Romero, Susana; Hospital Docente Infantil Sur. Santiago de Cuba. Cuba
Medisan ; 18(3)mar. 2014. tab, graf
Article in Spanish | CUMED | ID: cum-57442
Responsible library: CU418.1
RESUMEN
Se llevó a cabo un estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal de 18 niños menores de 5 años de edad, fallecidos por neumonía adquirida en la comunidad (como causa básica de muerte) en el Hospital Docente Pediátrico Sur durante el período de enero de 1997 a diciembre de 2011, con vistas a caracterizarles y determinar las tasas de mortalidad por dicha causa. Las variables clínicas, epidemiológicas y paraclínicas se obtuvieron de los registros de defunciones y morbilidad del Departamento de Estadística de la institución, así como de las historias clínicas de los pacientes. En la investigación se observó que el mayor número de fallecidos correspondiera al sexo masculino (67,7 por ciento) y al grupo etario de 1-4 años (58,8 por ciento); además primaron el cuadro clínico muy grave al momento del ingreso (44,4 por ciento), la anemia (82,3 por ciento), los ingresos previos (100,0 por ciento), el hacinamiento (77,7 por ciento), el asma bronquial como enfermedad crónica (61,1 por ciento), la linfocitosis (61,1 por ciento), el recuento de leucocitos normal (50,0 por ciento) y las imágenes de condensación inflamatoria bilateral en las radiografías (61,1 por ciento). Las tasas de mortalidad específica y mortalidad proporcional por neumonía mostraron tendencias evolutivas descendentes, en tanto la de mortalidad bruta reveló menor cuantía(AU)
ABSTRACT
An observational, descriptive and cross sectional study of 18 children under 5 years of age, who died due to community acquired pneumonia (as the basic cause of death) was carried out in the Teaching Pediatric Southern Hospital during the period of January, 1997 to December, 2011, with the objective of characterizing them and to determine the mortality rates for this cause. The clinical, epidemiological and paraclinical variables were obtained from the death and morbidity records of the Statistic Department in the institution, as well as from the medical records of the patients. In the investigation it was observed that the highest number of deads corresponded to the male sex (67.7 percent) and to the age group 1-4 years (58.8 percent); very severe clinical pattern at admission (44.4 percent), anemia (82.3 percent), previous admissions (100,0 percent), stacking (77.7 percent), bronchial asthma as chronic disease (61.1 percent), lymphocytosis (61.1 percent), the normal leukocytes count (50.0 percent) and the images of bilateral inflammatory condensation in the x-rays (61.1 percent) also prevailed. The specific and proportional death rates for pneumonia showed descending evolutionary tendencies, as long as that of gross mortality revealed lower values(AU)
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Full text: Available Collection: National databases / Cuba Database: CUMED Main subject: Pneumonia / Hospitals, Pediatric / Lung Diseases Type of study: Observational study / Prevalence study / Risk factors Limits: Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Medisan Year: 2014 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Docente Infantil Sur/Cuba
Full text: Available Collection: National databases / Cuba Database: CUMED Main subject: Pneumonia / Hospitals, Pediatric / Lung Diseases Type of study: Observational study / Prevalence study / Risk factors Limits: Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Medisan Year: 2014 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Docente Infantil Sur/Cuba
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