Pruebas básicas de laboratorio clínico en niños de 9 - 12 años de la Escuela Ezequiel Crespo del área de influencia del Centro de Salud No 2 de la ciudad de Cuenca, 2011

Abstract

The present work had as objective to carry out basic tests of clinical laboratory in children that attend the school Ezequiel Crespo of the area of influence of the Center of Health №2 of the city of Cuenca, with the purpose of contributing to the valuation of the state of health.

The study was carried out in 160 children of 9 to 12 years whose parents signed an informed consent.

The samples were gathered low bioseguridad norms and quality control; the same ones that were processed in the Center of I Diagnose of the University of Cuenca and in the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso; to which were carried out the different tests obtaining the following results:

Is the average of the white globules6.084,3 ± 119,9 x mm3; of red globules5247,9 ± 30,8 million x mm3; of hematocrit43,2  0,2 %; of hemoglobin14,6  0,1 g/dl; the recount plaquetario 342.800 ± 4.552,1 x mm3; glucose80,1  0,5 mg/dl; the one 80% the scholars presents securities from smaller ASTO to 200 UI/ml; in the urine exam: hematuria in the 1,2%; positive saltpeter’s 1,9% and with a cross of bacteria’s0,6%; intestinal parasitism in 35,6%, being the most important cysts of Amoeba histolytica 20,6%; Giardia lamblia 3,8%; Eggs of Áscaris lumbricoides 1,3%; and Taenia nana 1,3%.

As for the size the average is of 135  0,5 cm and the weight of 33  0,8 Kg.

When concluding the present investigative work you reached the conclusion that most of the obtained parameters are inside the ranges you index them managed in our means.

DeCS. - Technical and laboratory-statistic procedures and numeric data; State of health; boy; student-statistic and numeric data; Urban Areas; Cuenca-Ecuador