Identificación de infección del tracto urinario según el examen elemental y microscópico de orina en los habitantes de sesenta y cinco a ochenta años Quilloac. Cañar 2014.

Abstract

Background.- Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) are major health problems in the population, are produced by the invasion, colonization and urinary tract microbial growth. It is common cause of morbidity, especially in adults, and can lead to kidney complications. Objective. - To identify urinary tract infection as the elemental and microscopic examination of urine in the inhabitants of sixty-five to eighty years. Quilloac. 2014 Cañar Methodology.- research descriptive cross-sectional, which took into account a finite universe of Quilloac 102 inhabitants aged between 65 and 80 years was conducted. Selected to participate in the research people gave their informed consent, in which the procedure outlined above. A survey consisting of affiliation and data aspects of the study variables was applied. To relate the results obtained with the study variables SPSS and Excel 21 for descriptive statistics were used. The sample collection and processing of elementary and microscopic examination of urine were performed under compliance with quality standards and biosecurity in order to guarantee results in the laboratory of the School of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medical Sciences the University of Cuenca. RESULTS.- It was determined that 34.3% had ITU, 13,7% of the population aged 65-68 years had ITU, 30,4% of people with UTI were females and 12,7% of people with ITU reported being diabetic.

Utility of research.- This research contributed to the identification of urinary tract infection in people sixty-five a Quilloac eighty years, to determine the prevalence of urinary tract infection, as well as providing statistics on ITU as community.