Browsing by Author "Guerrero Mogrovejo, Juan Carlos"

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Prevalencia de malnutrición y depresión en el adulto mayor y su asociación a complicaciones quirúrgicas en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso y Hospital José Carrasco Artaga, Cuenca 2012
(2012) Guerrero Mogrovejo, Juan Carlos; Clavijo Campos, Hidalgo Leoman; Tenezaca Tacuri, Ángel Hipólito
Introduction: increased life expectancy has increased the proportion of elderly (1). According to the National Census of Population and Housing, 2010 at the Azuay there are 55,835 older adults (2). Malnutrition in Chile has a prevalence of 46% (3), (4). The prevalence of depression in older adults, ranging from 10 to 27% (5). The postoperative complications are common in older adults and are associated with malnutrition and depression. Objective: To determine the prevalence of malnutrition, depression and its association with postoperative complications such as infection, wound dehiscence, hematoma, seroma, abdominal abscess, pneumonia and atelectasis, in older adults, in Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital and the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital, Cuenca, 2012. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of malnutrition, depression and its association with postoperative complications in older adults. The universe constituted 352 and the sample was 235. Was used for data collection based questionnaire, the Mininutritional Assesmet, Yesavage scale, complications were diagnosed clinically and by laboratory tests. Statistical analysis was performed in SPSS 19.0 statistical software, using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics RP was obtained (95%) and Chi square p value of 0.05 as significant. Results: The prevalence of malnutrition was 25.5% and 20.4% of the population at high risk of malnutrition, the prevalence of major depression was 27.7% and 34.9 mild depression, the prevalence of postoperative complications was 37, 4%, the most frequent surgical site infection and pneumonia 13.2%, constituting risk factors. Conclusions: Malnutrition and depression are a significant risk for postoperative complications in older adults. KEYWORDS: ELDERLY, MALNUTRITION, DEPRESSION, POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS, RISK FACTORS.
Tabaquismo, características socioeconómicas y culturales, en la parroquia Hermano Miguel de la ciudad de Cuenca 2002-2003
(2004) Cueva Noriega, Diego Fernando; Espinoza Juela, Miguel Ignacio; Guerrero Mogrovejo, Juan Carlos; Mosquera Vallejo, Lorena Elizabeth
It is part of a project on: Tobacco, poverty and disease in the city of Cuenca, of the University of Cuenca. It has the overall objective to try to determine the relationship between smoking and socioeconomic conditions (related apobreza), and what are the risks in smokers Hermano Miguel parish of the city of Cuenca. Among its specific objectives establish what social conglomerate either of its middle and lower level there most smokers. The methodology for this research a quantitative study of epidemiological descrptivo type used, as it takes the urban population of the aforementioned parish universe, whose significant type stratified random sample taken at 1of families using key variables such as personal, social and economic characteristics, cultural and cigarette consumption. The main results obtained lead to the conclusion wanted the vast majority no smoking and that in smokers the myoría belong to the social conglomerate under, are men, started the habit in adolescence (15 to 19) are married, Catholic, incomplete higher education, taught their friends, smoke anytime, anywhere, for pleasure, drawn by one to four cigarettes a day, brand Lark respect to smoking at all, know their warnings and risks, most have no symptoms, have wanted and tried to quit using self-help and have felt reassured when they have done.