Anemia asociada a la inflamación: prevalencia y factores asociados en pacientes ingresados en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca 2021

Abstract

Introduction: Inflammatory Anemia (IA) is the impaired production of erythrocytes associated with chronic immune activation, it is mainly a disorder of iron distribution and the second cause of anemia in the world.Objectives: to determine the prevalence of anemia due to inflammation and its associated factors in patients admitted to the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital (HVCM) during the year 2021.Methodology: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out in a sample of 440 patients hospitalized in the Internal Medicine area of the HVCM, the sample calculation was performed with 95% confidence, 50% probability of occurrence and 4.2% error, for data collection, a form designed and prepared by the author was applied, for the analysis the Chi Square was applied for association between variables and OR to measure the intensity of association, with a significance level of 5% (p<0.05 ), processing performed in the SPSS V27.Results: a prevalence of IA of 18.18% was found in all hospitalized patients. Associated factors were: age (p=0.018); diabetes (p=0.003), infection (p=0.001) and chronic kidney disease (p=0.025). The presence of IA was not related to mortality in this study. Conclusions: the prevalence of IA was 18.18% and is mainly associated with the age of the patients and the presence of chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, infections and chronic kidney disease.