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Diez primeras causas de morbilidad en emergencia del Hospital Homero Castanier Crespo en el periodo de octubre a diciembre del 2014. Azogues-Ecuador
(2016) Becerra Palacios, Miryam Cristina; Carpio Bojorque, Andrea Belén; Cantos Ormaza, Juan Edison
Background: It should be mentioned that in Mexico in 2005. Statistics show that the main causes of morbidity in the emergency service were acute respiratory infections (19.4%), injuries, poisoning (18.8 %), and diarrheal diseases (8%). (14). In Peru the leading cause of morbidity due to injuries (12% of the total) followed in second place with asthma (10%) and thirdly by abnormalities and complications of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum (8% of total). (5) Objective: To determine the 10 leading causes of morbidity in emergency Castanier Crespo Homero Hospital in the period from October to December 2014. Materials and methods: Iindirect observational study by emergency recording of all patients who come to emergency Castanier Homer Crespo Hospital in period from October to November 2014. The instrument used was the data collection form (see Annex 2). Results: the leading cause of morbidity in the emergence of Homer Castenier Crespo Hospital infectious diseases are infectious intestinal diseases, acute tonsillitis with 10.86%. Much of morbidities treated in the emergency 20.85%, are not real emergencies. In pediatric age groups and older adults, the leading cause intestinal infectious diseases were 14.52%, 6.96% respectively, which in this group if they constitute a true emergency. In gynecology: False labor and more than 37 completed weeks of gestation Conclusion: The study shows the main causes of morbidity in Homer Cartanier Crespo Hospital, along with the saturation of the system by the amount of non-emergencies attend in it. Probably the lack of a suitable triage so a curative and preventive care is a recommended
Nivel de conocimiento del consentimiento informado de anestesiología en los pacientes del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga– periodo enero diciembre 2021
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2023-05-03) Becerra Palacios, Miryam Cristina; Tenezaca Mogrovejo, Janeth Isabel
Background: Informed consent is a legal medical document that needs to be signed prior to any medical procedure. Through it, the risks and benefits of the procedure are known. This is carried out and adapted to medical ethical principles. Objective: To determine the level of knowledge about the anesthetic informed consent that the patients of the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital have in the period January to December 2021. Materials and method: an analytical cross- sectional study was carried out. The sample was 359. The variables studied were age, sex, origin, residence, educational level, work activity, type of surgery, knowledge of informed consent. Tables and graphs were made with frequency and percentage for qualitative variables and average and standard deviation for the quantitative ones. OR was obtained, with its 95% CI and the p value. Results: the mean age was 52.58 (±) 14.45 years, 61.6% were women and 37% men, 84.7% of Sierra origin, living in rural areas 57.9% with secondary education 37%, work activity on 51.3%. Knowledge of informed consent in the population is 45% and is related to the demographic variables age under 61 years (OR 3.6, p 0.000, IC95% 2.2-6), basic education (OR 0.28,p 0.000, IC95% 0.17-0.44), assets (OR 1.8, p 0.006, CI95% 1.18-2.74), rural residence (OR 2.03, p 0.001, CI95% 1.32-3.3). Conclusions: as in studies carried out in other countries, it is evident that patients do not adequately understand informed consent.