Prevalencia de las emergencias quirúrgicas pediátricas más frecuentes atendidas en el Hospital Naval de Guayaquil durante el periodo 2012-2016.

Abstract

We present the most frequent pediatric surgical emergencies in pediatrics without including those due to trauma are appendicitis followed by phimosis, the adequate knowledge of these pathologies will allow the pediatric surgeon to accomplish a better treatment in time in children. Objective: Determine the prevalence of the most frequent pediatric surgical emergencies treated in HOSNAG during the period 2012-2016 Methodology: Retrospective, observational and analytical study. The Data was extracted from the medical records in the system SIIS of the Naval General Hospital of Guayaquil, period January 2012 to January 2016. The database and analysis were performed in the SPSS v22.0 program. Results: 65.8% of the population were boys, the average age was 7 years (with standard deviation of ± 3.65 years); 32.9% of the patients admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis, according to the PAS scale (pediatric appendicitis score). Of the entire population, 39.5% were in a state of moderate severity of their pathology, with observation and complementary exams prior to performing your surgery. Conclusions: The present study describes that postoperative surgical complications occurred in 22.8% of the studied population, independent of the age presented, but dependent on the pathology.