%0 Journal Article
%T Caracterizaci車n cl赤nico epidemiol車gica de la neumon赤a en ni os hospitalizados Clinical and epidemiological characterization of pneumonia in hospitalized children
%A Juan Carlos Cruz Robaina
%A Yaimara Dorta Correa
%A Liudmila Riesgo Mayea
%A Odalys L車pez Labrador-Piloto
%J Revista de Ciencias Mˋˋdicas de Pinar del Rˋ-o
%D 2012
%I Editorial Ciencias M谷dicas
%X Se realiz車 un estudio observacional, descriptivo, de corte longitudinal, durante el a o 2010, con el objetivo de caracterizar cl赤nica y epidemiol車gicamente a la neumon赤a de la comunidad. El universo de estudio estuvo formado por 350 ni os con edad comprendida entre 28 d赤as y 15 a os, seleccionados por un muestreo aleatorio simple dentro del total de casos hospitalizados en el Servicio de Neumolog赤a del Hospital General Docente  Comandante Pinares   de San Crist車bal, Artemisa, Cuba. La informaci車n necesaria para realizar la investigaci車n se obtuvo a trav谷s de una encuesta que contempl車 variables como: datos generales de identidad, zona de residencia, nivel de escolaridad materna, factores de riesgo, estado nutricional y manifestaciones cl赤nicas. Para la valoraci車n estad赤stica se utiliz車 la media porcentual y la prueba de hip車tesis de ji cuadrado por un sistema computarizado. Se pudo comprobar un predominio de la enfermedad en el sexo masculino (53.7%) y grupo de edad entre 1-4 a os (56.0%), la infecci車n respiratoria a repetici車n result車 ser el factor de riesgo de mayor asociaci車n, la tos y la fiebre las manifestaciones cl赤nicas m芍s frecuentes, solo el 4% present車 alg迆n grado de desnutrici車n proteico-energ谷tica. Siendo la neumon赤a un problema serio de salud en el territorio atendido por el Hospital. An observational, descriptive, longitudinal study was conducted during 2010 aimed at characterizing community-acquired-pneumonia clinically and epidemiologically. The target group was comprised of 350 children between 28 days old and 15 years old who were chosen through a simple at random sampling from the total of the in-hospital cases admitted in Pulmonology Service at "Comandante Pinares" University Hospital, San Cristobal, Astemisa, Cuba. The necessary information to carry out this research was taken from a survey that included the following variables: identity general data, place of residence, maternal educational degree, risk factors, nutritional status and clinical symptoms and signs. Percentage mean and chi square hypothesis test were used to perform the statistical assessment by a computerized system. The disease prevailed in male sex (53.7%), ages between 1-4 years old (56.0%), respiratory infection was the most recurrent associated risk factor, cough and fever were the most frequent clinical symptoms, no more than 4% presented some degree of protein-energy malnutrition. Pneumonia was a serious health problem examined in the hospital.
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