Prevalencia de litiasis renal en pacientes atendidos en el área de urgencias del Hospital del Día de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Renal lithiasis is a more frequent urologic pathology that affects the population of underdeveloped and industrialized countries. People before the age of sixty years suffer some symptomatic episode among the main ones is the renal colic being the main cause of medical attention at hospital level. The main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of renal lithiasis in order to identify the characteristics, type and location of the lithium, clinical manifestations and pathological antecedents of people with renal lithiasis. The research is descriptive with a retrospective approach, transversal design. The universe is composed of one hundred and thirty-four people entered in the clinical file of the hospital of the city of Guayaquil. The clinical files were observed and reviewed in the system and the following results obtained: The prevalence of lithiasis was 22% and the most affected were young mestizos, had calcifications and the clinical manifestations were pain in the lumbar region, diaphoresis, and nausea and vomiting. Nephrolithiasis was present in the majority of patients with urinary tract infections.