Prevalencia de abdomen agudo en pacientes de 18 a 64 años atendidos en la emergencia del Hospital Básico Durán.

Abstract

Introduction: Acute abdominal pain is one of the most frequent reasons for consultation in hospital emergencies. The main causes of morbidity in men regarding acute abdominal pain according to the INEC in 2017 were: appendicitis followed by gastroenteritis, then hernia Inguinal and finally cholelithiasis, however, the common surgical mass pathology is cholelithiasis and predominates in the female sex. Objective: To determine the prevalence of acute abdomen in patients aged 18 to 64 attended in the emergency of the Basic Hospital Durán in 2019. Methods: The present study has a quantitative, non-experimental, retrospective approach. The sample is made up of 212 patients treated for acute abdomen in the Basic Hospital Durán emergency between October 2019 and September 2019. Results: It was determined that the prevalence of acute abdomen is higher in women, and the most frequent type of acute abdomen is clinical, with 89.15%. Conclusions: the most frequent sign was vomiting with 37%, the most prevalent medical cause is 53% renal colic, while the surgical cause is 52% acute cholelithiasis, the prevalence of which is higher in women.