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    Malnutrición en niños menores de 5 años y su asociación con factores de riesgo. Chordeleg, 2017.
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2019-03-27) Montesdeoca Cabrera, Gabriela Mercedes; Palacios Espinoza, Elvira del Carmen
    Background: nutritional status is an important indicator of the development of a population. So child malnutrition is a global public health problem, especially in developing countries, which is associated with multiple factors and increases the rates of morbidity and mortality. Objective: Determine malnutrition in children under 5 years of age and their association with risk factors such as socioeconomic status, food security, family functionality, number of children, level of education of the mother, person caring for the child, pre conceptional weight and adequate gain of weight or not during pregnancy, weight of the child at birth and gestational age, exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months in the canton Chordeleg. Material and methods: Analytical, cross-sectional study, with a simple random probabilistic sample of 214 children under 5 years living in the canton. The information was collected with a structured form. The data were tabulated and analyzed in SPSS 24. The variables are presented as frequencies and percentages; statistical association, prevalence ratio, 95% confidence interval, P value less than 0.05, and logistic regression. Results: acute and chronic malnutrition are in greater percentage than overweight and obesity. The factors that showed statistical association are food insecurity and family dysfunction, these are related to a low socioeconomic level, poverty and the care of the mother during pregnancy that allow the child to be born in adequate conditions.
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    Uso de indicadores clínicos para el diagnóstico diferencial entre maltrato y accidentes en niños, niñas y adolescentes hasta los 15 años que acuden a emergencia del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, 2011
    (2012) Morocho Quizhpi, Jenny Fabiola; Montesdeoca Cabrera, Gabriela Mercedes; Ojeda Benavidez, Claudia Viviana; Calle Galán, Hugo Marcelo
    OBJECTIVE: Differential diagnosis between physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect of accidental injuries in children and adolescents up to 15 years attending the pediatric emergency service Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Quantitative study, prospective, transversal and descriptive. They use a form and personal interview with the coach, and patients who arrived at hospital emergency service Vicente Corral Moscoso, and a complete physical examination and emphasizing areas where they were physical injuries. RESULTS: The total samplefor this research wasconsideredof 826cases.At school ageaccidental injuryoccurredin46.97and those related tosome form of abusewere at6.24%, occurring mostly inmales, witha 6.17%. Amongthe risk factorswith the highest incidencefor the presence offorms of abuseare:unplannedpregnancywith47.1%, age of father inmore than 31years with a4.11%, the problems betweenthe couple with a6.90% and alcoholwith7.62%. Importantly,poor performanceis not apredominantrisk factorforabuseonlyoccurred in27.1%, mostinjurieswere related toforms of abusewere theskinwith a2.30% oftotalgenitalbruisinglevelandanallesions aresuggestiveof abusewith a0.36% late-stagelesions inmore than 10 daysrepresent a0.73%which representsan important valueif you look atthe pictureor graphic. CONCLUSIONS: The 8.72% of the caseswere related tosome form of abuseof thesewere positiveandphysical abusewas the mostcommon with a4.48% Keywords: ADOLESCENT, CHILD, DIFFERENTIALDIAGNOSIS, WOUNDS ANDINJURIES-diagnosis, epidemiology, risk factors,signs and symptoms, Vincent Corral Moscoso Hospital, Cuenca, ECUADOR.