Aplicación de la Escala de Fine en pacientes con neumonía adquirida en la comunidad atendidos en emergencia del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso. Cuenca. 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Community acquired pneumonia (NAC) is the leading cause of death of infectious etiology in the world. According to the Epidemiological Gazette of the Ministry of Public Health until the second week of 2018 in Ecuador, a total of 4,967 cases of pneumonia have been reported, for Azuay there are 270; The pediatric population is the most affected by this disease, followed by older adults, 65 years of age and older, which creates a significant risk due to the morbidity-mortality relationship between the patient's age and the prognosis of the patient. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: to apply the Fine scale to patients who come with community-acquired pneumonia and who are treated in an emergency at Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital in the city of Cuenca. 2019. METHODOLOGY: observational descriptive research. For this study, the entire universe was included within the specified period, based on a collection of data on patients admitted based on the Fine Scale. The analysis was performed in a descriptive statistical manner with their respective percentages to give rise to an adequate conclusion of the investigation. Through the use of the different statistical programs available such as Microsoft Excel (2016 version), Epi Info7 and SPSS statistics 22. RESULTS: as a result, the frequency of admission for community-acquired pneumonia was 46%, with a prevalence of 65% of the female sex; in addition, the admission of the total number of patients treated in an emergency was in a greater amount of Class I with 58% and in Class II with 18%; greater frequency was observed in the admission of patients with a Fine II Scale, with 27% and Class I with 22%; In addition, a lethality rate of 18% was evidenced, with a mortality of 33% in patients with Class IV Fine Scale and 100% Class V.