Comorbilidades asociadas a Insuficiencia Cardiaca Congestiva en pacientes del Hospital General Liborio Panchana. Periodo 2016- 2021.

Abstract

Introduction: Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a clinical syndrome resulting from a functional or structural disorder that affects ventricular filling and ejection to the systemic circulation (1), multiple causes can result in congestive heart failure, and it is associated with vascular and non-vascular comorbidities. Objective: To determine the comorbidities related to congestive heart failure in patients of the Liborio Panchana general hospital. period 2016-2021. Methodology: This is a descriptive and analytical research since the data of the patients described were analyzed and a cause-and-effect explanation was made between the variables worked on at the Liborio Panchana Sotomayor Hospital. In the period September 2016 - September 2021. Results: Based on the results obtained, of the 190 cases diagnosed with congestive heart failure, 39% had dyslipidemia. Conclusions: There is a higher prevalence of congestive heart failure in the mestizo ethnic group, representing 69% of the 190 cases studied, with a higher predominance of males, representing 68% of the 190 cases studied. Of the 190 cases studied, 53% represented patients with basic education, 26% with high school education, 21% with university studies and 0% with fourth level education. Sixty-nine percent of the patients attended come from the urban sector while 31% are from the rural sector, which shows that there is a higher prevalence in patients coming from the urban sector. 39% have dyslipidemia while 18% have diabetes, 12% have anemia and iron deficiency, 9% have chronic kidney disease, 6% have obstructive pulmonary disease, 6% have respiratory disorders during sleep, 4% have dysthyroidism, 3% have cancer, gout and arthritis. This shows that there is a higher prevalence of dyslipidemia.