Perfil clínico epidemiológico de los pacientes de 1 mes a 15 años ingresados en la Unidad de Cuidados Intermedios Pediátricos del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, Cuenca. 2021

Abstract

Background: the epidemiological profile of pediatric patients has undergone a change throughout the world, from the decrease in the mortality rate to the increase in new morbid conditions that require hospital care at different levels. Objective: to determine the clinical epidemiological profile of patients from 1 month to 15 years admitted to the Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit of the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, Cuenca. 2021. Methods: descriptive observational study. For data collection, the database of patients admitted to the Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit of Hospital Vicente Corral during 2021 who met inclusion criteria was reviewed. The author developed a form for data collection. These were tabulated in the SPSS v.20.0 program and presented in tables. Data analysis was based on applying descriptive statistics. Results: of the 100 patients analyzed, 58% were male, 36% were adolescents, and 57% were from urban residence. The most frequent causes of general admission were general illness (36%) and traumatic causes (23%). According to systems, neurological pathologies (21%) were the most frequent. 53% of the patients came from the emergency service. 65% received antibiotic therapy, 63% required oxygen therapy, and 99% had cardiorespiratory monitoring. 73% had the address for discharge. Conclusions: most Intermediate Care patients were admitted with a complex pathology, required cardiorespiratory monitoring and were discharged home.