Browsing by Author "Arias Armijos, Miriam Patricia"

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Características epidemiológicas y clínicas de la parálisis cerebral, en el servicio de Hospitalización de Pediatría del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso. Enero 2014-Junio 2015
(2016) Arias Armijos, Miriam Patricia; Huiracocha Tutivén, María de Lourdes; Morocho Malla, Manuel Ismael
Objective: to determinate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of children with cerebral palsy who enter at Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital pediatric’s service. Cuenca January 2014 to June 2015. Methodology: descriptive study of patients diagnosed with cerebral palsy who were admitted to the pediatric service of the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital´s of Cuenca. All children under 16 were included. Information taken from the patient's history, filling a questionnaire, based on the Latin American Center for Perinatology / Women's Health and Reproductive (CLAP) questionnaire. The information was processed in SPSS V15 and was obtained: frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Results: it was found that 72 patients admitted 37 children (51.4%), the average age at enrollment was 6.2±4 years; middle-aged mother during pregnancy was 25.3±7.66 years; townhouse 61.1%; lower middle socioeconomic status 42.1%; 75% highly functional families. According to prenatal history: 83.3% prenatal controls; urinary infection in 36.1%; premature labor 22.2%; bleeding during pregnancy 15.3%; preeclampsia 12.5%. Native characteristics: 62.5% vaginal delivery; proper weight in 47.2%; Apgar above 7 in 34.7%; 38.9% received resuscitation; entered in neonatology at 54.2%. Postnatal characteristics: neuroinfection 6.9%; kernicterus 4.2%; traumatic brain injury 1.4%. Type of spastic cerebral palsy 84.7%. Comorbidities: epilepsy 80.6%; cognitive deficits 75%; malnutrition 62.5%; strabismus 31.9%. Cause of admission: 43.05% respiratory infections; seizures 23.61%; hip dysplasia 20.8%. Age means of diagnosis was 12.39±10.75 months. Hospitalizations during the study for 1 occasion in 76.9%
Características epidemiológicas y clínicas de pacientes pediátricos con parálisis cerebral. Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso. Cuenca, 2014 - 2015
(2020) Arias Armijos, Miriam Patricia; Huiracocha Tutivén, María de Lourdes
Objective: to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with cerebral palsy at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, Cuenca. 2015Methodology: it is a descriptive, cross-sectional study, performed in patients less than 16 years old with cerebral palsy. The study variables, which were taken from the medical records, were: prenatal, natal and postnatal characteristics, socioeconomic status, family functionality, symptoms of cerebral palsy (CP), comorbidity. A descriptive analysis was carried out.Results: 72 patients were found with a mean age of 6.2 years (± 4 SD), the mean age of diagnosis was 8 months (± 10.8 SD), 80.6% had epilepsy, 53.9% in CT had brain atrophy, and in 43.1% the cause of admission was respiratory infection. Of the prenatal and neonatal antecedents, 54.2% were admitted to the neonatology unit, 38.9% received resuscitation, and 6.9% had neuro-infection. The 42.1% of the children's families had low-medium socioeconomic status.Conclusions: The epidemiological profile of children with CP in the study, which does not differ from the results of other studies, guide decision-making in the formation of CP care teams in the Hospital
“Prevalencia de anemia ferropénica en estudiantes de sexo femenino del Colegio Manuela Garaicoa de Calderón de la ciudad de Cuenca, desde octubre de 2009 -julio de 2010”
(2010) Acurio Vargas, Andrea Cristina; Altamirano Guevara, Monica Leticia; Arias Armijos, Miriam Patricia; Mosquera Barzallo, Carlos Edmundo; Morales Sanmartín, Jaime Rodrigo
Different schools were randomly chosen from the urban area of Cuenca city, with a total of 16 838 students. It is a descriptive epidemiological study and transverse, where the universe selected for the study consists of 2870 female students with a sample of 375 students. The data collection was carried out using a survey and a laboratory test.- RESULTS: The prevalence of anemia was 2.13%, being more frequent at age 16. Menstruating girls with anemia 100%. Abundant flow in students with anemia 75%. Low serum iron 100%. High ron binding capacity 87.5%. Averago age between students is16 years. Menstruating girls 91.5%,.-CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia is 2.13%, when hemoglobin is below of 12 g / dl. 91.5% of students menstruate. 75% of students who have anemia have heavy menstrual bleeding ( 80ml/day), this being an abnormal value. According to Average Corpuscular Volume and Average Corpuscular Hemoglobin normal values were found in the majority of students. All students with anemia (2.13%) have low levels of serum iron and high iron binding capacity in the majority of cases.