Factores de riesgo asociados a mortalidad en pacientes adultos con abdomen agudo quirúrgico del Hospital de la Policía Nacional en el año 2017-2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Acute abdomen is a painful abdominal syndrome, which requires rapid evaluation and medical, endoscopic or surgical treatment. There are several classifications and, depending on its etiology, it can be traumatic or non-traumatic; in turn, the latter can be obstructive, inflammatory or vascular. Objective: To determine which are the most common risk factors associated with mortality in patients with acute surgical abdomen at the Hospital de la Policia Nacional (HPNG2) 2017,2019 Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted from 2017 to 2019 of all patients with a diagnosis of Acute Surgical Abdomen, who underwent some type of treatment such as conventional surgery in the general surgery service in patients from 15 to 65 years oldResults: When the inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, with a sample of 48 patients, it was found that hypertension arterial (35.4%) and diabetes mellitus (16.7%) were risk factors in acute surgical abdomen, with great significance. Conclusion: The sample presented similar percentages of gender, with a slight predominance of males (56.3%), in addition to having a uniform distribution of patients between 15 and 65 years of age.