Complicaciones de rinosinusitis en niños atendidos en el Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil los Ceibos en el periodo 2017 - 2018.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of the complications presented in pediatric patients of the Hospital General de Norte de Guayaquil Los Ceibos. Materials and methods: A prevalence, observational, descriptive, non-randomized retrospective study was carried out. The data were extracted from the clinical records in the AS400 system of the Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil Los Ceibos. The statistical analysis was performed in the statistical program STATA 14.2 and SPSS. Results: A total of 125 patients between 1 and 15 years with a diagnosis of rhinosinusitis were included in the study. The average age was 8.41 years, of which 68 patients were male (54%) and 57 female (46%). 22 patients were complicated (18%). Complications were orbital cellulitis (6%), mucocele (1%), pansinusitis (11%). Conclusions: In the pediatric population the incidence of complications is low, this study showed few generally mild complications with complete resolution.