Perfil epidemiológico del Servicio de Hospitalización de Pediatría del Hospital Isidro Ayora de Loja, durante enero 2012 a diciembre 2013

Abstract

The present research had as objective to prepare the epidemiological profile of the Pediatric Service of the Isidro Ayora Hospital from January 2012 to December 2013, in order to obtain data of the local reality. A retrospective, descriptive and quantitative study was conducted in 3371 pediatric patients, the categorical variables analysis was performed using the SPSS 21 program. The main cause of morbidity was pneumonia, with an incidence of 19.47%, predominantly in females and in patients younger than one year; pleural effusion was the main complication with 3.01% of all the cases. Mortality due to pneumonia was 33.33%, with a higher number of deceased of women and children between 1 to 4 years of age. The iron deficiency anemia was the main secondary and tertiary diagnosis representing 3.53% and 1.78%, respectively. Pneumonia is an important causes of morbidity and mortality, hence the need to improve the health care processes and prioritize the assistance in certain diseases.