Frecuencia y características de las lesiones intersticiales localizadas en pacientes con estudio tomográfico torácico, Hospital "José Carrasco Arteaga" Cuenca, julio-diciembre 2014

Abstract

Objective: To determine the frequency of injuries of interstitial disease localized in thorax studies through tomography in patients who attended the Hospital Jose Carrasco Arteaga in the period July- December 2014. Material and Methodology: A prospective descriptive study was performed in patients who came to thorax Scanner studies to the Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, during the period starting from July - December 2014. The size sample was 1003 patients. The process and analysis of the results was carried out in the statistical program SPSS v21 and tables were made in Excel. Results: According to the radiological reports, it was noted that of the 1003 patients who conducted the study, 494 which corresponds to 49.3% had localized interstitial lesions, 57% of them are women and the 43.1% are men. Whose average age is between 60-66 (17.4%). According to the division of localized lesions, the presence of nodules is major percentage of 66.1%, with a size of 21 - 30 mm (35.4%), being regular with a 29.3% and an enhancement in uniformly with a 56.7%. Conclusions: Through the study it was determined the frequency of interstitial localized lesions, using tomography of thorax, which is half (49.3%), according to the Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga radiological reports.