Prevalencia de úlceras gástricas y duodenales en pacientes atendidos en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, en el periodo mayo 2022 – diciembre 2022.

Abstract

Gastroduodenal ulcers develop mostly due to chronic infection by Helicobacter pylori and can be considered as a health problem; there are also other causes among them the intake of drugs, especially non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and habits, which together destroy the mucosa causing this pathology and in extreme cases complicate it with hemorrhage, perforation or obstruction. Objective. To determine the prevalence of gastric and duodenal ulcers Methodology. A non-experimental, retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional, non-experimental observational study was carried out at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital during the period May 2022 - December 2022. With a population of 75 patients attended in Gastroenterology, a simple non-probabilistic sample of 63 was obtained, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results. Of 63 patients, 50.8% were female, mean age 49.51 [SD 6.28; 95% CI 48.97 - 50.03], mestizo 82.54%, born in the coastal region 44.44%, married 41.3%, secondary education level 58.7%, medium socioeconomic level 87.3%, no comorbidities 68.3%, with habits such as smoking 44.44%; the risk factors that were presented. In the dietary regimen, the intake of spicy foods 33.3%; H. pylori was identified 79.4%; and the intake of NSAIDs almost always 65.06%. The type of ulcer identified was grade II 50.79%; there were no complications in 93.65%. Conclusion. The prevalence of gastric and duodenal ulcers was 84%, the main risk factors being H. pylori infection and NSAID intake.