Prevalencia de enfermedades cerebrovasculares en adultos hospitalizados en el IESS de Babahoyo.

Abstract

Introduction: Cerebrovascular disease (CVD), is the third leading cause of death in most developed countries and is also a leading cause of morbidity, disability at term and hospital admission, where there is a brain area affected temporarily or permanently, either due to ischemic and hemorrhagic cause. Material/ Methods: The research has a quantitative, retrospective, descriptive scope and non-experimental design approach. The instrument that was used was AS400, to 848 patients registered in 2019; According to the percentage distribution: age, sex and type of intracranial hemorrhages. Results: Through the distribution of ages from 30 to 80 years, the sample according to the inclusion criterion was 659 patients with CVD, in males intraventricular intraencephalic hemorrhage prevailed, occurring in 35.51%; H. intracerebral in subcortical hemisphere: 17%; Intracerebral H. in brainstem: 12, 44%; H. intracerebral in unspecified hemisphere: 8.95%; H. intracerebral in cerebellum: 1.97%; Multiple location intracerebral H. 1.52%; and intracerebral H. in the cortical hemisphere: 0.76%. In the female group, unspecified intraencephalic hemorrhage was the most prevalent with 16.69%; other unspecified hemorrhages: 2.88%; and intraventricular H. intraencefalica: 2.28%. Conclusion: CVD, is a prevalent disease, generates a demand for care with considerable health and social expenditure. Rehabilitation in patients is applied in the hospital and post-hospital phase. To prevent cerebrovascular diseases, physical activity is a valuable resource to improve the quality of life of the population.