Prevalencia y factores asociados al desarrollo de crisis asmática en pacientes en edad escolar en el Hospital IESS de Milagro; periodo 2017.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to describe the prevalence and risk factors associated with the development of asthmatic crisis in school age patients cared for in the Milagro´s Hospital IESS, during the period from January to December 2017, with the hypothesis that there is an increased risk to develop asthmatic crisis in male patients with risk factors such as: exposure to tobacco and pollen. A descriptive and retrospective study was conducted to 200 patients in school age with a diagnosis of asthma in the period 2017, predominated in the group of 10 to 12 years of age, children, male patients (52.5%) more than female (47.5%), being the most frequent risk factor contact with allergens were treated. There were a number of important children where complications such as respiratory failure were found during their hospitalization and there were a small number of them with the need for assisted ventilation. Finally all the children improved with treatment exist so 0% mortality in the total sample which can be seen notably monitoring of these asthmatic patients in crisis.