Prevalencia y factores asociados a la osteomielitis en el Hospital Alcívar en el periodo enero 2016 a diciembre 2020.

Abstract

Osteomyelitis is a pathology characterized by an infection of both the bone and the bone marrow, due to the inoculation of a microorganism that can occur directly, by contiguity or by the hematogenous route. The most frequent germ is S. Aureus. It is an alteration that can compromise the life of the patient if it is not treated in time, generating costs that can be avoided for the health system. The present investigation was of an analytical, retrospective, observational type, with a quantitative, transversal and non-experimental design approach, whose main objective was to know the prevalence of Osteomyelitis in the Alcívar Hospital in the period January 2016 to December 2020, where we found that during In this period of time, 5,623 patients were treated at the Alcívar Hospital, of which 133 patients were admitted with a diagnosis of osteomyelitis with a prevalence of 2.37%. Osteomyelitis is a disease that occurred mainly in young adult patients belonging to the male gender. Staphylococcus aureus is the main germ isolated in the lesions of patients with osteomyelitis, and the main causes of the development of this pathology are surgery and a history of trauma.