Correlación de acidosis metabólica y mortalidad en pacientes hospitalizados en UCI en el Hospital del Norte IESS Ceibos en los años 2021 – 2022.

Abstract

Introduction: Metabolic acidosis is defined as a pathological process that, without opposition, increases the concentration of hydrogen ions in the body and reduces the concentration of HCO3. Objective: To establish the clinical and severity profile of metabolic acidosis and mortality in patients hospitalized in the ICU at the IESS Ceibos North Hospital in the years 2021 - 2022. Materials and methods: Correlational, observational, retrospective, crosssectional study. The documentation technique will be applied, through the review of medical records and complementary tests registered in the AS400 database of the Hospital General del Norte IESS Ceibos. Results: The description of the sample used in the study is detailed in Table 1, which describes 332 patients admitted to the intensive care unit who underwent arterial blood gases and complementary tests. Regarding the sex of the patients who enter intensive care, it is observed that 57.2% belong to the male sex, and 42.8% represent the women who enter. Conclusions: In the present study, the correlation between metabolic acidosis and mortality in patients in intensive care was demonstrated, with sepsis being the most frequent cause of admission in patients with pre-existing chronic pathologies.