Prevalencia de la úlcera gástrica en pacientes atendidos en el servicio de Gastroenterología en un Hospital General de Guayaquil, 2018.

Abstract

Gastriculcer is a pathologythatoccursfrom 12 to 17% in developedcountries, which is why it is considered a relevanthealthproblem. The prevalenceofgastriculcer is high, since it affects 10% of the population at some periodoflife, with a prevalenceof active ulcer at a certain time of 1%. Therefore, ourobjective is to determine the prevalenceofgastriculcers in patientstreated at the gastroenterologyservice in a general hospital in Guayaquil, 2018. The methodologyusedwasdescriptive, quantitative, transversal and retrospective. For data collection, an indirectobservationguide is applied, throughfourteenitems with dichotomous and multipleoptions. The universeconsistedof 190 patients with a gastriculcerfrom the gastroenterologyserviceof a general hospital in the cityof Guayaquil. As a result it wasevidencedthat 35% are between 42 and 52 yearsold, 64% are female, 72% are mestizo, 58% have a familyhistory, 55% have a gastriculcer, 73% haveHelicobacter pylori, 75% havetype O blood, 24% consume NSAIDs, 29% consume no drinkingwater, 34% consume tobacco and 45% alcohol. Conclusionthere is a higherprevalenceofgastriculcers in patientsaged 42 to 52 years, female sex, mixedrace, married and housewives, whosemaincausativeagent is the bacterium, Helicobacter pylori.