Análisis de los factores de riesgo en pacientes cirróticos en el Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil Los Ceibos en el período 2019 – 2021.

Abstract

Introduction: Cirrhosis is the last stage of numerous pathologies that affects the liver. It also presents complications such as esophageal varices, hepatorenal syndrome, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, among others. This disease can arise from an exogenous, toxic, infectious, allergic, or autoimmune process; and in addition, it is associated with risk factors such as high cholesterol levels, alcoholism, obesity, hypertension diabetes mellitus among others. Objectives: To establish the risk factors in cirrhotic patients at the Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil Los Ceibos in the period 2019 - 2021. Methodology: This is a retrospective study, with descriptive analysis, indirect, cross-sectional and non-experimental observation. Results: A population of 935 patients diagnosed with cirrhosis was found, of which a sample of 220 patients was obtained. The male sex was found to be the most predominant with 79% and a predominance of the age group of patients older than 65 years in 46%. About the risk factors, alcoholism was obtained in 51%, sexually transmitted diseases with 33% and the use of injectable drugs in 16%. In addition, 66% of the patients suffered from diabetes II, 49% of the patients suffered from very high cholesterol, and 42% maintained pre-hypertension. Conclusions: It was possible to show that the risk factors associated with cirrhosis in the studied sample are related to the data in the literature and other studies.