Rev. cuba. med. mil; 52 (4), 2023
Publication year: 2023
Introducción:
En Cuba, la oclusión intestinal mecánica es una de las causas más frecuentes de abdomen agudo y constituye la segunda causa de cirugía de urgencia. Objetivo:
Caracterizar una serie de pacientes intervenidos quirúrgicamente, con diagnóstico de obstrucción intestinal mecánica. Métodos:
Se realizó un estudio observacional descriptivo transversal en sujetos atendidos durante el año 2022 en el servicio de cirugía general del Hospital Docente Clínico - Quirúrgico Miguel Enríquez. Se estudiaron 81 pacientes; se recogieron las variables sexo, edad, antecedentes patológicos personales, hábitos tóxicos, estadía hospitalaria, causa de la oclusión intestinal, complicaciones y estado al egreso. Se realizó análisis de frecuencias. Resultados:
Hubo mayor porcentaje del sexo femenino (50,6 por ciento), de las edades comprendidas de 31 a 40 años (23,5 por ciento), los pacientes con hipertensión arterial (14,8 por ciento) y los fumadores (18,5 por ciento). La causa más frecuente de oclusión fueron las bridas y adherencias (44,4
por ciento) y la complicación más frecuente fue la bronconeumonía (8 por ciento). Falleció solo el 3,7 por ciento de los pacientes. Conclusiones:
Los pacientes se caracterizaron por estar entre la tercera y cuarta décadas de la vida, con predominio del sexo femenino, con antecedentes de salud, sin hábitos tóxicos, con estadía hospitalaria entre 1 y 5 días, presencia de bridas y adherencias como causa de la obstrucción y baja frecuencia de complicaciones y fallecimientos(AU)
Introduction:
In Cuba, mechanical intestinal obstruction is one of the most frequent causes of acute abdomen, and is the second cause of emergency surgery. Objective:
To characterize a series of patients undergoing surgery with a diagnosis of mechanical intestinal obstruction. Methods:
A cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out in the population treated during the year 2022 in the general surgery service of the Miguel Enríquez Clinical-Surgical Teaching Hospital. The population was made up of 81 patients with whom we worked in its entirety. The variables sex, age, personal pathological history, toxic habits, hospital stay, cause of intestinal obstruction, complications, and status at discharge were studied. A study of absolute and relative frequencies was carried out. Methods:
A cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out on subjects treated during 2022 in the general surgery service of the Miguel Enríquez Clinical-Surgical Teaching Hospital. 81 patients were studied; The variables sex, age, personal pathological history, toxic habits, hospital stay, cause of intestinal obstruction, complications and status at discharge were collected. Frequency analysis was performed. Results:
There was a higher percentage of females (50.6 percent), aged between 31 and 40 years (23.5 percent), patients with high blood pressure (14.8 percent) and smokers (18.5 percent). The most common cause of occlusion was flanges and adhesions (44.4 percent), and the most common complication was bronchopneumonia (8 percent). Only 3.7 percent of patients died. Conclusions:
The patients are characterized by being between the third and fourth decades of life, with a predominance of the female sex, with a health history, without toxic habits, with a hospital stay between 1 and 5 days, presence of flanges and adhesions as a cause of obstruction and low frequency of complications and deaths(AU)