Diagnóstico etiológico y tratamiento de ictericia neonatal patológica

Abstract:

Pathological neonatal jaundice is considered to be the yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes of neonates as a consequence of a disease. It is produced consequently, by the increase of bilirubin in the blood. The most common cause is unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. The objective of this study is to determine the most common diagnostic and treatment method for pathological neonatal jaundice and to inquire about its complications. This is a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study that includes 396 patients who were admitted to the hospital with diagnoses of …… and the sample is 97 patients. The data were tabulated in Microsoft Excel and then the information was entered into the statistical program IBM-SPSS Statistics 23. Analyzing them through descriptive statistics. Resulting the most used diagnostic method and with the best success rates was the detection of blood group and serum bilirubin with 100%, continuous phototherapy, was one of the most used treatments with 50% of the patients. Among the sociodemographic factors, the male sex was more frequent with 56.7%, while the female sex with 43.3%; the urban area represented the highest risk in this morbidity with 80% of the cases and 10% of the sample was complicated during the treatment with diarrhea with dehydration. 5% of them had dehydration secondary to established treatment without signs of hypernatremia, this could be resolved without further complexity. The remaining 5% had acute secretory diarrhea that did not progress to effective hypovolemia. Pathological neonatal jaundice is a very common entity in our environment, being those caused by ABO and Rh incompatibility the most common and without acute complications.

Año de publicación:

2020

Keywords:

• PATOLOGÍA
• ICTERICIA NEONATAL
• Etiologia
• Cantón Machala
• ECUADOR
• Hospital General IESS de Machala.
• DIÁGNOSTICO

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