2019, Number 5
Risk factors for acute respiratory infection in children under one year old. Veguitas.Yara. Granma 2018
Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 1000-1014
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ABSTRACT
Acute respiratory infections have a high incidence in infants under one year. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted to identify risk factors associated with acute respiratory infections in children under one year of age, in the Ramón Heredia Umpierre polyclinic, in the Yara municipality, Granma province, in the period January - August 2018. The universe It consisted of 86 infants under one year of age with acute respiratory infection. A form was prepared that included risk factors, which constituted the variables: age, sex, mixed and artificial lactation, low birth weight, overcrowding, incomplete immunization, smoking parents, possession of domestic animals and associated diseases. The most significant risk factors were mixed and artificial lactation (68.6%), possession of domestic animals (60.4%) and parental smoking (44.1%). Modification of risk factors for acute respiratory infections may decrease the incidence of the disease.REFERENCES
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Benalcázar AL. Propuesta terapéutica para el manejo de infecciones respiratorias agudas en niños menores de 5 años en el modelo de atención primaria de salud. [Internet]. Quito: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; 2014 [citado 20/7/2018]. Disponible en: http://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/bitstream/handle/22000/7610/8.34.001777.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y