Prevalencia de enfermedad cerebro vascular en pacientes ingresados en el área de neurología en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo en el periodo 2019-2020.

Abstract

At the global level, the statistics of cerebrovascular diseases are worrying, according to the WHO there are 15 million people who suffer a stroke each year and just over a third of these cases end in death. Objective: To determine the prevalence of cerebrovascular disease in patients admitted to the neurology area of Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital. Methodology: Level: Descriptive; Method: Quantitative; Retrospective; Design: Cross. Technique: Indirect observation. Instrument: Data collection matrix. Population: 255 patients with CVD. Results: It is observed that there is a higher prevalence of CVD cases in patients older than 60 years (45.9%), male (58.4%) and of mestizo ethnicity (69.0%), on the other hand, when analyzing the symptomatology, the most common were unilateral motor deficiency (61.6%), bilateral (41.6%) and aphasia (41.6%). The diagnoses had very noticeable differences, the CVD due to hemorrhage represented 30.9%, the intracerebral type 12.9% and the subarachnoid with 18.0%, while the Ischemic stroke was presented in 69%. Conclusions: Cerebrovascular disease continues to be a public health problem in the Ecuadorian population, it is necessary to create awareness about it and establish programs for the prevention of the disease and its correct diagnosis in order to determine the therapeutics in each patient.