Enfermedad cerebro vascular isquémica vs hemorrágica en pacientes atendidos en el Hospital General Guasmo Sur en el periodo 2019 a septiembre del 2021.

Abstract

Cerebrovascular disease is the rapid development of focal or global signs in which there is a compromise of brain function, with a duration of symptoms between 24 hours or more, representing the second cause of death, occupying third place as a factor causing disability worldwide. General objective: To describe the proportion of ischemic vs hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease in patients treated at the Guasmo Sur General Hospital in the period 2019 to September 2021. Methodology: A retrospective, cross-sectional, observational, descriptive study was carried out in which studied patients diagnosed with Cerebrovascular Disease upon admission or during their stay at the Guasmo Sur General Hospital. A total of 172 patients, 93 women and 79 men, were studied with the aim of describing the proportion of ischemic vs hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease in patients treated at the Guasmo Sur General Hospital in the period 2019 to September 2021. Results: The population sample was of 172 patients with a diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease, in which a prevalence of ischemic-type CVD of 62.21% was obtained and 37.79% of the population presented a hemorrhagic-type CVD, the most frequent age groups were > 65 years, predominating sex male with a total of 54.07%. Most of the patients diagnosed with CVD were hypertensive 55.70% and diabetic 17.45%. In addition, according to the complications of the patients during their hospital stay, it was shown that the majority of the patients presented paralysis 62.87% and cognitive impairment 19.76%, with a low mortality of 9.58%. Conclusions: According to the results of this investigation, it is concluded that the age group older than 65 years and the male sex were the most frequent cases, concluding that the older the patients tend to be more likely to suffer a cerebrovascular event regardless of the type of CVD it is.