Browsing by Author "Cordova Cordova, Henrry Sebastian"

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Características epidemiológicas de los neonatos nacidos en el Hospital General José María Velasco Ibarra, Ecuador
(2019) Morales Carrasco, Alex Patricio; Espinoza Diaz, Cristobal Ignacio; Shiguango Shiguango, Nadia Neida; Pesantez Calle, Maria Fernanda; Avila Vinueza, Johanna Priscila; Cordova Cordova, Henrry Sebastian; Guaraca Pino, Angelica Carolina; Perez Granja, Ana Lucia; Mendez Cordero, Pedro David; Gutierrez Yepez, Maria Belen; Morales Torres, Jorge Leonardo
© INRA and Springer-Verlag France 2015. Objective: To describe the epidemiological characteristics of newborns from the Hospital General José María Velasco Ibarra, Ecuador. Materials and methods: This was a descriptive and retrospective study in live births from the Hospital General José María Velasco Ibarra that were attended during the period from January to December 2018. The medical records found in the statistics department of the mentioned hospital were used, identifying the main perinatal complications. Results: Out of the 2108 newborns, 50.9% (n=1073) were female, 77.1% were born by vaginal delivery, more than 95% presented APGAR scores ≥7 at a minute and at 5 minutes, the 86.6% (n=1825) had a normal weight, only 9.9% (n=208) presented some perinatal complications, being hyperbilirubinemia (40.4%), respiratory distress syndrome (37.5%), and prematurity (6.7%) the most frequent ones. Conclusion: Perinatal complications only occurred in 9.9% of cases, with hyperbilirubinemia, respiratory distress syndrome, and prematurity being the most frequent clinical conditions; although it is a low percentage compared to other series, early identification and timely management of these pathologies are essential in this population group.
Caracterización de pacientes con onicomicosis en organizaciones campesinas de la provincia de Los Ríos, Ecuador
(2019) Martínez Molina, José Andrés
© 2019, Sociedad Venezolana de Farmacologia y de Farmacologia Clinica y Terapeutica. All rights reserved. Introduction: Onychomycosis is the infection caused by pathogen or saprophyte fungi in the nail structure of hands or foot. Associated factors show differences according to the analyzed region. Therefore, the purpose if this study was to determine the epidemiologic characteristics of adult patients with onychomycosis diagnoses from the rural province of Los Ríos, Ecuador. Methodology: A descriptive, transversal study was performed in 384 adult patients diagnosed with onychomycosis in 3 health centers of the Vinces and Urdaneta counties in Los Rios province from May 2016 to May 2017. The Dermatology Life Quality Index was applied in which demographic, clinical and psychological characteristics were investigated. Results: Out of the studied subjects, 56.8% (n=218) were female; the mean age was 50.7±13.7. The age group 40-55 years old was the most prevalent (37.8%, n=145). In men, prevalence rose proportionally with age. 21.1% (n=81) of the sample had diabetes, the most affected body parts were the hands (50% n=192), especially in women (72.9%) (p<0.01). 76.5% of the subjects showed worry regarding the disease, especially women (84.4%) (p<0.01), and the majority also reported that onychomycosis had great influence over their daily lives (69.8%; n=268). Conclusion: Onychomycosis is a disease with a wide variety of risk factors, which must be taken into account for appropriate treatment, including the psychological effects that are usually ignored in primary attention.
Caracterización epidemiológica de los pacientes con sinusitis del Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil los Ceibos. Ecuador
(2019) Barreto Villamar, Nexar Isaac
© 2019, Sociedad Venezolana de Farmacologia y de Farmacologia Clinica y Terapeutica. All rights reserved. Objective: to characterize and describe the epidemiological behavior of patients with sinusitis from the Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil Los Ceibos. Methodology: a descriptive, non-experimental, retrospective study was conducted in 435 patients who were evaluated in this center with the diagnoses of acute maxillary sinusitis, acute ethmoidal sinusitis, acute pansinusitis, other acute sinusitis, unspecified acute sinusitis, sinusitis chronic maxilla, chronic ethmoidal sinusitis, chronic ethmoid sinusitis, and chronic pansinusitis. The data were obtained from the hospital clinical records and were analyzed using the software SPSS v.19. Results: Of the 435 patients, 89.4% (n=389) were female, the most frequent age group were <19 years with 29.2% (n=127), as well as the maxillary location with 42.5% (n=185), only 0.7% showed positive findings in the microbiological analysis. Conclusions: sinusitis is a frequent clinical condition in Guayaquil city, being male sex, age groups <65 years and the maxillary sinus involvement the most outstanding epidemiological characteristics in adults who consulted to the Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil Los Ceibos.