Factores de riesgo asociados al desarrollo de hemorragia digestiva en personas mayores de 40 años
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2020
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Universidad de Guayaquil. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Carrera de Medicina
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Antecedentes: La hemorragia digestiva tiene alta prevalencia en personas adultas, teniendo una mayor incidencia en el sexo masculino debido factores de riesgos y enfermedades concomitantes preexistentes. Objetivo: Determinar cuáles son los factores de riesgos que influyen en el desarrollo de hemorragia digestiva en pacientes mayores de 40 años hospitalizados en el Hospital General Monte Sinaí durante el periodo de Noviembre del 2018 a agosto del 2020. Metodología: Se realizó bajo un enfoque cuantitativo, diseño no experimental, de corte transversal, descriptivo y retrospectivo, llevado a cabo en 53 pacientes hospitalizados con diagnóstico de Hemorragia Digestiva, empleando un método de investigación empírico basado en observación y análisis. Resultados: De los 278 pacientes hospitalizados con Hemorragia Digestiva, 53 cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión, de los cuáles se determinó que el principal factor de riesgo es la gastritis crónica con un total de 9 casos de los cuales de evidenció una mayor incidencia en el sexo masculino. Conclusiones: Los pacientes de sexo masculino y con una edad comprendida entre los 61 a 70 años tienen una mayor incidencia a desarrollar hemorragia digestiva sobre todo aquellos que presentan factores de riesgo como gastritis crónica y alcoholismo además de comorbilidades asociadas. La principal forma clínica de presentación es melena
Background: Gastrointestinal bleeding has a high prevalence in adults, having a higher incidence in males due to risk factors and pre-existing concomitant diseases. Objective: To determine which are the risk factors that influence the development of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients over 40 years of age hospitalized at the Mount Sinai General Hospital during the period from November 2018 to August 2020. Methodology: It was carried out under a quantitative approach , a non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive and retrospective design, carried out in 53 hospitalized patients with a diagnosis of Digestive Hemorrhage, using an empirical research method based on observation and analysis. Results: Of the 278 hospitalized patients with Digestive Hemorrhage, 53 met the inclusion criteria, of which it was determined that the main risk factor is chronic gastritis with a total of 9 cases of which there was evidence of a higher incidence in the male sex. Conclusions: Male patients with an age between 61 and 70 years have a higher incidence of developing gastrointestinal bleeding, especially those with risk factors such as chronic gastritis and alcoholism as well as associated comorbidities. The main clinical form of presentation is melena
Background: Gastrointestinal bleeding has a high prevalence in adults, having a higher incidence in males due to risk factors and pre-existing concomitant diseases. Objective: To determine which are the risk factors that influence the development of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients over 40 years of age hospitalized at the Mount Sinai General Hospital during the period from November 2018 to August 2020. Methodology: It was carried out under a quantitative approach , a non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive and retrospective design, carried out in 53 hospitalized patients with a diagnosis of Digestive Hemorrhage, using an empirical research method based on observation and analysis. Results: Of the 278 hospitalized patients with Digestive Hemorrhage, 53 met the inclusion criteria, of which it was determined that the main risk factor is chronic gastritis with a total of 9 cases of which there was evidence of a higher incidence in the male sex. Conclusions: Male patients with an age between 61 and 70 years have a higher incidence of developing gastrointestinal bleeding, especially those with risk factors such as chronic gastritis and alcoholism as well as associated comorbidities. The main clinical form of presentation is melena
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Hemorragia gastrointestinal, Factores de riesgo, Adulto, Epidemiología descriptiva, Estudios retrospectivos, Hospital General Monte Sinaí, Cantón Guayaquil, Ecuador