Epidemiological Clinical Profile Of Bronchitis In Infants Attended In Hospital II De Chocope

Authors
Hilda Lucila Moscol Díaz; Evelyn Goicochea Ríos

Source
UCV-SCIENTIA BIOMÉDICA. Vol 1 No 3 (2018): Julio - Setiembre

URL: http://revistas.ucv.edu.pe/index.php/UCVSCIENTIABIOMEDICA/article/view/1828

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical epidemiological profile of bronchiolitis in infants treated at Hospital II de Chocope, from 2007 to 2016. A descriptive, cross-sectional method was used with a population of 984 infants. During the10 years studied, an incidence of 5% to 10% of bronchiolitis was found; the most frequent age group was between 6 and 12 months; the males were 61% and 82% and the females were between 18% and 39%. Among the risk factors studied, 91% were found to have family atopy; prematurity was found to be between 1% and 7%; congenital heart disease in 1%; exclusive breastfeeding 30% to 69%, powder milk 7% to 37%, mixed lactation 26% to 52%. The most frequent clinical characteristics were cough, runny rose, difficulty feeding and tachypnea; mild severity ranging from 44% to 81%, moderate 14% to 36% and severe 7% to 19%. The most salient alarm signs were fever and poor sucking; patients evolved to remission between 58% and 88%, relapses between 2% and 40%, no deaths were reported.

Keywords

Clinical profile, epidemiological profile, bronchiolitis