Eficacia del balón gástrico como tratamiento en pacientes mayores de 18 años con criterios de síndrome metabólico en el Hospital General IESS Milagro durante el periodo 2016 - 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: More than 1,400 million adults worldwide suffer from obesity. Obese people frequently develop health problems such as hyperlipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases, which promote the development of metabolic syndrome. Therefore, the objective of this study is to correlate the clinical improvement of one or more criteria of metabolic syndrome in patients undergoing gastric balloon treatment. Materials and method: An observational, retrospective, longitudinal and analytical correlational study was carried out in patients with metabolic syndrome treated at the IESS Milagro Hospital during 2016-2020. Results: The average age was 39 years. The number of men 49.50% and women 50.50% who entered the study was almost similar. The most frequent criterion prior to gastric ballooning was hyperglycemia with 83.1% of patients. The criterion that presented the highest and best were elevated triglycerides (pre-BG 70.3% vs 19.8% with BG; pvalue 0.000). In addition, the most frequent weight loss percentage was 10% to 15%. Conclusion: High blood pressure and hyperglycemia are the most frequent criteria in patients with metabolic syndrome. BMI, abdominal circumference, and triglycerides are the parameters that are most normalized in patients with a gastric balloon, in addition, the placement of the gastric balloon normalizes one or more criteria in the metabolic syndrome and weight loss due to the gastric balloon is effective.