Correlación entre infección por Helicobacter pylori y colelitiasis en pacientes atendidos, Hospital León Becerra de Milagro; enero 2022 y diciembre 2024.

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal pathologies worldwide, recent studies have suggested that there is an association with cholelithiasis. This thesis has as an objective to determine the correlation between H. pylori and the presence of cholelithiasis in patients that were attended the consult in the Leon Becerra Hospital of Milagro between January 2022 and December 2024. This is an observational, retrospective and descriptive study. Using the clinical history of 363 patients in which 129 fulfil the criteria. Then using statistical analysis, it shown that 68.9% were women and 15.5% had cholelithiasis, founding and important statistical association (p<0,001) and strong association (V de cramer = 0,615). Also, it was observed a high efficacy of 96,9% in the first line of eradication therapy for H. pylori. In conclusion, the data sugest a significant relation between H. pylori and cholelithiasis, reenforcing the need of further investigation of this correlation.