Principales causas de enfermedad de membrana hialina de los pacientes ingresados en el servicio de neonatología del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca 2014- 2015

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hyaline Membrane Disease is an acute respiratory pathology that occurs in the first hours of life, its incidence is higher in preterm infants; Necessitating emergent and timely attention, being grounds for admission to Neonatal Units. (1) The onset of this disease is related to several causes of both the newborn and the mother, being more important: prematurity, low weight, male sex, cesarean delivery, maternal gestational diabetes and unmanaged pulmonary maturation. (2) GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine the Principal Causes of Hyaline Membrane of Patients enrolled in the Neonatal Service of the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca 2014- 2015. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a retrospective descriptive study of patients admitted to the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, Cuenca, diagnosed with Hyaline Membrane Disease during the period 2014-2015. The variables analyzed were: gender, gestational age, Weight, type of delivery, maternal gestational diabetes and pulmonary maturation. Statistical analysis was performed using the statistical package SPSS v.15 and the results were presented in frequency tables. RESULTS: During the period 2014 and 2015, total neonatal admissions were 1192 neonates, of which 84 cases were diagnosed with Hyaline Membrane Disease, of which 92.86% were premature, 97, 62% were low, 57, 14% were male and 71.43% were born by caesarean section. CONCLUSIONS: Hyaline Membrane Disease was more frequent in patients admitted for: Prematurity, Low Weight, Males and Cesarean Delivery