Prevalencia de leucemia mieloide aguda y sus presentaciones en SOLCA Guayaquil de enero del 2019 a diciembre del 2021.

Abstract

Introduction: Acute Myeloid Leukemia is a hematopoietic neoplasm; it is the most common leukemia in the adult person and is more prevalent is male patients. According to the subtype of Acute Myeloid Leukemia the prognosis and the treatment will change. Methodology: The current study is transversal, passive, and retrospective based on SOLCA Guayaquil, we will access their intranet and will investigate their cases on Acute Myeloid Leukemia since 2019 to 2021, 89 medical files were investigated, but only 55 entered as this study’s universe. Results: From the 55 patients analyzed, 28 patients were male, while 27 were female, the median age from the universe`s study was 40.1 years old, and the most affected group were the patients whose age ranged from 20 to 39 years (20 patients in total). Most of the patients in the study were from the Guayas province (41.80%) and the most common subtype was the acute myelomonocytic leukemia (11 patients total), followed by the acute promyelocytic leukemia (10 patients total). In patients hospitalized in SOLCA the subtype with the highest survival rate was the acute promyelocytic leukemia with a total of 100% survival rate in 1 year. Conclusion: Acute Myeloid Leukemia in SOLCA Guayaquil has a higher (yet not significative) prevalence in male patients with age range between 20-39 years and the most common subtype was the acute myelomonocytic leukemia.