Characterization of appendectomized patients at Abel Santamaria Cuadrado general teaching hospital

Authors

  • Carlos Alberto Cárdenas Valdés Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna". Pinar del Rio
  • Angel Ernesto Ramos-Cordero Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna". Pinar del Rio
  • Lyam Mairon Valdés Tang Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna". Pinar del Rio
  • Pedro Javier Rivero Calzada Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Hospital General Abel Santamaría Cuadrado. Pinar del Rio
  • Juan Carlos Delgado Fernández Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Hspoital General Docente Abel Santamaría Cuadrado. Pinar del Rio

Keywords:

APPENDICITIS, APPENDECTOMY, CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS, ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS.

Abstract

Introduction: acute appendicitis constitutes the most frequent emergency in General Surgery Service. When patients are early operated on better prognosis is obtained.
Objective: to characterize clinically and epidemiologically the appendectomized patients at Abel Santamaria Cuadrado general teaching hospital.
Method: a descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study was carried out in patients treated between June and August 2017. A target group of 65 patients was included that coincided with the sample. Theoretical and empirical methods were applied. The variables studied were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The principles of medical ethics were met.
Results:patients with ages between 19 and 31 years (16,9 %) predominated, 61,5 % were male and 86,2 % white skin; 30,8 % of the patients presented complete Murphy Sequence, while 66,2 % presented leukocytosis with left deviation and 49,2 % of the appendages were suppurating. Horsley maneuver was performed in 40 % of the cases and right infraumbilical paramedic incision was performed in 68 %. Metronidazole combined with Amikacin was the therapy most used (75,4 %), with an average hospital stay of 67,2 hours.
Conclusions:the non-specificity of the clinical picture of acute appendicitis was confirmed, helping to find more relevant patterns of behavior in the study area and an approach to early diagnosis, resulting in timely treatment of this nosological entity.

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Published

2018-12-26

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Cárdenas Valdés CA, Ramos-Cordero AE, Valdés Tang LM, Rivero Calzada PJ, Delgado Fernández JC. Characterization of appendectomized patients at Abel Santamaria Cuadrado general teaching hospital. Univ. Méd. Pinareña [Internet]. 2018 Dec. 26 [cited 2025 May 6];15(1):57-65. Available from: https://revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/322

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2019): Enero-Abril

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