Aplicación del consentimiento informado en el departamento de medicina interna del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, periodo enero-diciembre 2014

Abstract

Objective: To determine compliance with the informed consent in invasive type procedures performed in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital (HVCM) during 2014. Methodology: A descriptive, retrospective study was conducted; reviewing medical records of 237 patients with hospital discharge from the Department of Internal Medicine of HVCM; finding 508 procedures performed, compliance with informed consent using a data collection form was investigated; as well as information such as age, sex, type of disease, type of procedure performed, application and characteristics of informed consent. Data analysis will be conducted in SPSS. Results: The average age of the studied group was 56,26 years, 52,7% of the cases were female; 508 procedures performed were found from which 1,5% were surgery, 36,8% imaging examinations, 38,2% blood test and blood product transfusions and 23,4% of other procedures; in this total of procedures, 3,5% (18 cases) were not recorded in the medical record informed consent. The lack of implementation of informed consent by type of procedure was the following: 0% in surgical procedures; 1,6% in imaging exams; 1.5% on blood test and blood product transfusions and 10,1% on other procedures, in 29,1% of the consents there was no record of medical history or identity card number of the patient. Conclusions: The lack of implementation of the informed consent in the Department of Internal Medicine presented a lower frequency, being more common in repetitive patient procedures such as hemodialysis