Marcadores biológicos asociados a mortalidad por neumonía adquirida en la comunidad en pacientes pediátricos del Hospital General Monte SINAÍ durante el periodo 2021- 2022.

Abstract

Introduction: Community-acquired pneumonia is an inflammatory process of the lung parenchyma, which is caused by microorganisms acquired outside the hospital. Its pathophysiology is based on the colonization of bacterial or viral respiratory pathogens at the nasopharynx. Methodology: A cross-sectional, observational and retrospective study was carried out, taking as a sample pediatric patients from 1 to 5 years of age hospitalized at the Monte Sinaí General Hospital during the period 2021-2022. Results: When analyzing the data provided, a prevalence of community-acquired pneumonia in pediatric patients of 15.38% was obtained. It is also evident that the biological markers associated with mortality from CAP in the pediatric population are CRP (p: 0.02), ESR (p: 0.03), PLATELETS (0.005), resulting in statistical significance. Conclusions: Platelets, ESR and CRP were the biological markers that presented the greatest association with mortality and significance within the research. The more altered these parameters are, the greater the possibility of death in patients.