Prevalencia de enfermedad diverticular de colon en pacientes entre 50 a 80 años de edad, en el hospital de especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, durante el año 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: Diverticular disease is a very common benign presentation, characterized by the presence of colonic diverticula. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of diverticular disease of the colon in patients between 50 and 80 years of age at the Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo during the year 2020. Methodology: The type of research corresponds to an observational, analytical, cross-sectional and retrospective, taking as a sample 264 patients diagnosed with diverticular disease of the colon treated at the HTMC in 2020. Results: It is observed that there is a predominance of female patients which corresponds to 57.2%, in the same way it is highlighted that the most affected age range is between 60 and 69 years of age, the mestizo ethnic group corresponds to 51.1 %, a low socioeconomic level corresponding to 48.5%, with respect to clinical manifestations, pain stands out as the predominant symptom with a percentage of 37.3% and, to a lesser extent, patients presenting rectal bleeding with 13.1%, followed by constipation with 4.5%, likewise it can be shown that most of the patients have obesity as a risk factor in 41.7%, this pathology located in the sigmoid colon, corresponds mostly to 41.67%. Finally, the therapeutic approach for this disease is mainly a conservative management, standing out with a value of 74.62%, unlike surgical therapy with 25.38%. Conclusions: The prevalence of diverticular disease in patients between 50 and 80 years of age at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Specialty Hospital in 2020 corresponds to that which has been increasing, currently representing a high percentage of patients in our health system. The most frequent type of therapeutic management of diverticular disease of the colon corresponds conservatively, corresponding to treatment 54.5% and to a lesser extent surgical therapy with 45.5%.