Complicaciones cardiovasculares en pacientes hospitalizados con neumonía en el Hospital Naval de Guayaquil en el año 2019 al 2020.

Abstract

Background: Pneumonia and cardiovascular complications occupy the first place in causes of death worldwide. This study has been carried out in different countries, however, in our country there are still no studies that relate these two pathologies. Objective: To identify the relationship of cardiovascular complications in hospitalized patients with pneumonia. Methods: An observational, cross-sectional, prospective study of direct collection was carried out of patients admitted under the diagnosis of pneumonia at the Hospital Naval de Guayaquil HOSNAG. For data collection, the medical records were reviewed and a database was created. Results: In this study, the universe was 170 patients, a sample of 93 patients was used. A 2: 1 ratio is evidenced in favor of male cases and this is established as a greater risk of developing Pneumonia in any of its variants. It is observed that the age group with the highest frequency were patients over 80 years of age, with 45 cases (48.4%), followed by the 60-80 age group with 38 cases (40.9%), of 40 to 60 years with 8 cases (8.60%) and finally under 40 years with 2 cases (2.20%). The cases are analyzed according to the cardiovascular complications that the patients presented during their hospital stay, standing out as the most frequent development of acute myocardial infarction with 31 cases (33.33%), followed by ventricular arrhythmias with 27 cases (29, 03%), atrial arrhythmias with 26 cases (27.96%) and finally pictures of heart failure with 9 cases (9.68%). Conclusion: A relationship is established between age over 80 years and the risk of developing acute myocardial infarction or atrial arrhythmias in the setting of a case due to pneumonia. (p <0.05)