Behavior of respiratory diseases in the emergency service of the pediatric hospital of Cienfuegos

Abstract

Introduction: are largely responsible for the morbidity treated in pediatric institutions. Objective: to characterize the respiratory diseases behavior in the emergency department at the Hospital Pediátrico Universitario “Paquito González Cueto”, Cienfuegos, in 2020. Method: an observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was conducted in the Emergency Department at the Pediatric Hospital in Cienfuegos, from January through December, 2020. Population studied were children 0 to 18 years of age from Cienfuegos province who attended at the emergency department during the study period. The main variables assessed were the age groups and demand for medical consultations. All the statistical methods and techniques applied were those in the descriptive statistics. Results: the highest incidence of acute respiratory infections was reported in the months of march and February (758 and 668 consultations respectively), coinciding in the same period the bronchial asthma crises (101 and 111 consultations respectively). Pneumonias showed the highest morbidity in march (31.6 % of the cases). The predominant age group was 1 to 4 years. Conclusions: the respiratory diseases behavior was within the expected parameters, leading in incidence and morbidity the age group1 to 4 years and the first quarter of the year was the highest period on medical consultations medical consultations related to diseases studied.