Perfil epidemiológico de los pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica en el Hospital de Milagro Federico Bolaños año 2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and limitation of air flow due to abnormalities in the respiratory and / or alveolar passages, generally caused by significant exposure to harmful particles or gases. Aim: To describe the epidemiological profile of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the Hospital de Milagro Federico Bolaños Methodos: Retrospective analytical cohort study with patients diagnosed with COPD treated at the Hospital de Milagro Federico Bolaños in 2019 according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: It was found that of the 252 patients, the male sex predominated with 63.9% with a mean age of presentation of 72 years (14). Bronchitis is more frequent than emphysema with 77.7% vs. 22.3% of the data. The risk factor most related to COPD was a history of smoking. The number of drugs used was also analyzed with a predominance of double therapy (77.3%) of a short-acting beta agonist and the long-acting anticholinergic. When distributing the frequencies according to the type of COPD significant differences were found in both sexes and in both types. Furthermore, a significant difference was found in GOLD grade 4 between the two types 3.8% vs. 22.2% (p <0.05). Conclusions: The data found is similar to the international literature, highlighting COPD as a disease with an impact on health.