Complicaciones durante la estancia hospitalaria en los pacientes con evento cerebrovascular en el departamento de clínica del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso de la ciudad de Cuenca en los años 2005 al 2009

Abstract

Objective: To establish the complications during hospital stay in patients with stroke in the Department of Clinical Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital in Cuenca in 2005 and 2009.

Methods and Materials: This descriptive study was retrospective, longitudinal study. The research was conducted based on the medical records of hospitalized patients with stroke in the department of clinical Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, located at Av and Av the Arupos April 12, the Canton Cuenca province Azuay, the republic of Ecuador. For the survey data was used previously developed and validated form was completed by the participants of the investigation according to medical records of each patient.

Results: 79.74% of patients with stroke who were hospitalized in the HVCM are patients over 56 years. Complications occurred more frequently in those aged 66-75 years with 26.09%. With regard to sex, 77 were female and 76 were men, there were more complications in women with a 52.17% .. The main comorbidity was HT with 78.43%. The main cause of admission was hemorrhagic CVD with 56.21%. The urological complications were 27.83% with metabolic and also with 27.83%. Of urological were the main urinary tract infections with 75%. The electrolyte disturbances were the main metabolic complications with 71.88%. In sequence respiratory complications occurred in 21.74% of patients. Other complications that occurred in a lower percentage were, digestive complications, neurological, psychiatric, dermatological, hematological, musculoskeletal pain, progressive deterioration of the patient's death.

KEYWORDS: STROKE, COMPLICATIONS, HOSPITALIZATION, VICENTE CORRAL MOSCOSO HOSPITAL.