Aplicación de la escala de wood-downes modificada por ferrés en enfermedades respiratorias asociadas a parálisis cerebral infantil, en el área de pediatría en los hospitales José Carrasco Arteaga y Vicente Corral Moscoso. Cuenca, febrero - julio 2018

Abstract

Background: Infantile cerebral palsy (PCI) is the most frequent cause of motor disability, presenting 2 to 3 cases per thousand live births. The PCI is associated with respiratory diseases due to the alteration in the effector fraction of the respiratory, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems, increasing the morbidity rate (2) (4).

General objective: Apply the Wood-Downes scale (modified by Ferrés) in respiratory diseases associated with infantile cerebral palsy, in the area of pediatrics in the hospitals José Carrasco Arteaga and Vicente Corral Moscoso. Cuenca, February - July 2018.

Methodology: observational, descriptive cross-sectional and prospective research with 36 children under 15 years of age with respiratory diseases associated with PCI.

Results: 39% of women and 61% of men are identified. Predominant age: under one year old (33%). The prenatal risk factor prevails with 44%. Spastic PCI is the most frequent (44%) and the degree of moderate respiratory disease registered a 56% incidence, with pneumonia being the predominant with 75%.

Conclusion: There is no significant relationship between PCI and respiratory diseases. There is a predominance of moderate respiratory crisis in children with PCI