Uso adecuado de antibióticos en infección respiratoria aguda en niños de 2 meses a 5 años atendidos en el Centro de Salud No. 1 Cuenca 2009-2010

Abstract

Objective: To determine the appropriate use of antibiotics in acute respiratory infections in children 2 months to 5 years in the Health Centre No. 1 in the period 2009 to 2010.- Methods: A retrospective descriptive study. Technique was applied research of documentary analysis, using forms made according to rules of AIEPI, then proceeded to analyze the data, using statistical measures such as frequencies and percentages. The software used were SPSS 19.0 and Microsoft Excel 2007.-Results: Health Center # 1 Pumapungo of the city of Cuenca, is an establishment of primary care belonging to the MSP. In our study, we observed a total of 1797 children aged 2 months to 5 years who were diagnosed with ARI, finding the common cold as the most common ARI (58.2%) and pneumonia (6.7%). The male is most affected by the ARI (54.6%), as the first year of life (41.8%). It was also found to October, with the largest number of cases of ARI (11.57%) and the month of March, the highest rate of pneumonia (1.11%); The 21.95% some form of malnutrition. The 56.39% of mothers of children under study are between 16 to 25 years, 2.18% are illiterate. Following the rules of the AEIPI was found that 98.1% have a proper diagnostic evaluation, 9.8% prescribed antibiotics as amoxicillin with the beta-lactamase inhibitors, are of most use as mucolytics and analgesics. Conclusion: It is recommended to promote and establish stricter controls on the requirements of both antibiotics and other drugs in this way will prevent an increase in morbidity and mortality in children under 5 years old and unnecessary consumption of resources.