Patrón de presentación de apendicitis en el Hospital del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS) en el período 2011 - 2015 de la ciudad de Zamora

Abstract

Abstract: Appendicitis is the acute inflammation of the appendix and the most frequent cause of abdominal pain worldwide, this is the main reason of the purpose of this research which was to determine the age and the vulnerable sex, the appearance phases and the appendicitis complications at Hospital del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS) in the period between 2011-2015 in the city of Zamora. About 27 clinical histories were analyzed, taking into account inclusion and exclusion criteria. In each sample the age, sex, appendicular phases and complications were determined, data were entered in the Excel data collection sheet and analyzed statistically in the SPSS 22.0 program. The results obtained were compared with the studies related to the theme through which it was concluded that the predominant female sex in this population in 55.56% differs from the literature and preliminary studies; Peaks aged 11 to 15 years and 41-45 years had a higher frequency of 22.2% and 14.8%, respectively. Similar to the previous researches, the appearance phases were I and II, giving a low incidence of complications.