Prevalencia y factores asociados a infecciones intraabdominales postquirúrgicos en pacientes intervenidos de emergencia en el Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga. Cuenca 2018

Abstract

Background: Intra-abdominal infections constitute a public health problem that generate an increase in morbidity and mortality in patients. Laparoscopy application has expanded rapidly in recent years and gradually becomes the surgical procedure of choice with less infection rate. Objective: to determine the prevalence and factors associated with postoperative intra-abdominal infections in patients undergoing emergency surgery at the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital. 2018. Material and methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in patients undergoing emergency surgery at the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital, which included 356 patients who met the inclusion criteria, for the analysis it was carried out using SPSS version 15, Excel and EpiInfo software. which were obtained frequency, percentages and measures of association with OR with 95% CI and accepted a p ≤0.05 for statistical significance. Results: 356 patients were included in the study of which 4.2% presented intra-abdominal infection, of the total of patients > 60 years of age are more likely to present intra-abdominal infections p = 0.00, it was identified that 56% were men, the presence of comorbidities also it is associated with infections p = 0.02, the most frequent pathologies hypertension p = 0.00, and diabetes mellitus p = 0.03. Conclusion: Most of the patients who presented intra-abdominal infection were age > 60 years, predominantly men and married.