Prevalencia de enfermedades diarreica agudas en niños de 0 a 5 años atendidos en el área de emergencia de un hospital de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of diarrheal diseases in children from 0 to 5 years of age, treated in the emergency area of a hospital in the city of Guayaquil. As a methodological process for the investigation, the descriptive level has been used, with the quantitative method, according to the retrospective time, the longitudinal design, the population of the study is 687 boys and girls attended in the Hospital of the Child Dr. Francisco Icaza Bustamante of the City of Guayaquil during 2018, the method of data collection, the subject of the technique of indirect observation and the survey, the data were tabulated with computer programs. As a result, in 45% of the cases, the prevalence of the agenda was observed in the fourth quarter of the year, most of the cases were 31%, the age range was 1 year, 72% corresponded to the male sex, 78% of the patients to the mestizo ethnic group, 52% of the patients to a low socioeconomic level, the housing procedure is 60% of the marginal sectors, 30% of the cases is caused by the Rotavirus, 27% corresponds to Campylobacter, as risk factors have that 30% have incomplete vaccination scheme, 28% for poor hygiene, 23% for poor nutrition and 19% for water contamination, 98% of cases is diarrhea acute.