Elías MY, Martínez GME, Espinosa DG, Figueredo MM, Guerra DE

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Infections related to health care constitute an important health problem. With the aim of identifying the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with infection related to health care in children admitted to the Pediatric Clinics Service of the General Luis Ángel Milanés Children's Hospital, a descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional study was carried out, in the period January-December 2017. The universe grouped 5638 children who entered the study period and the sample was made up of the 45 that developed the infection. Variables were studied: dependent (infection associated with health care) and independent (factors that increase the susceptibility to acquire them). Theoretical, empirical and statistical research methods were used. The summary measures used were descriptive statistics: absolute and relative frequencies. The calculations were made with the help of the professional statistical program SPSS 22.0 for Windows. As the most relevant results, infection developed more frequently in children under 1 year of age (75.5 %), in those who did not receive exclusive breastfeeding (55.5 %) and in those who were admitted to overcrowded services (51.1 %); primary bacteraemia (28.9 %) and upper respiratory infections (24.4 %) were the most frequent; there was a predominance of gram-positive organisms (58.9 %). It was concluded that age less than one year, inadequate breastfeeding and overcrowding of health services were the most relevant characteristics of infected patients.