Características clínicas del hipotiroidismo en pacientes que acuden al Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo en el periodo 2022.

Abstract

Hypothyroidism is the result of insufficient thyroid hormone production or incorrect thyroid hormone activity in the affected areas. OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical characteristics of hypothyroidism in patients attending a hospital in Guayaquil in the period 2022. METHODOLOGY: Descriptive, quantitative, retrospective, cross-sectional. POPULATION: 153 patients with hypothyroidism attending an IESS hospital in Guayaquil. TECHNIQUE: Indirect observation INSTRUMENT: Indirect observation matrix RESULTS: 39.87% are between 45-60 years old, 81.7% are female, 50.98% live in a marginal urban area, 35.95% are Afro-Ecuadorian, 76.47% have HTA, 47% have a history of hypothyroidism and 76. 47% reported having history of hypertension, 84.97% had family history of hypertension, 62.75% reported increased weight gain, 68.63% reported joint and muscle pain, 68.63% reported thyroid pathology, 57.52% reported heart failure as a complication. CONCLUSION: Hypothyroidism is more common in adults over 45 years of age, female, living in marginal urban areas, patients with hypothyroidism are more likely to develop cardiac pathologies, or to present complications at the level of cardiovascular diseases.