Factores asociados y predisponentes para la hipoglicemia en recién nacidos atendidos en el departamento de neonatología del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga del IESS Cuenca entre enero a diciembre del 2004

Abstract

Hypoglycemia in newborns is one of the diseases that occurs frequently in the neonatal departments of hospitals in the world thus being a health problem that threatens the life of the newborn. The study found that 623 infants in the "José Carrasco Arteaga" IESS Hospital of Cuenca born in 2004, 169 (27.12) were admitted to the neonatology department for different pathologies, such income 28 (16.56 ) they were for hypoglycemia due to various factors. Partners and predisposing factors described hypoglycemia in infants treated neonatology department of this hospital glove the period from January to December 2004 that were 28 data from the medical records department of the hospital were collected statistics observed that there is a direct relationship of severity of hypoglycemia associated with the number of predisposing factors