Infecciones Respiratorias Agudas Bajas No Complicadas En Niños Menores De Cinco Años. Santa Lucía

Claudia María Rivero Sánchez; Danay Pérez Borbón; Daymi Fernández Blanco; Lilian Lianna Sánchez Lazo

doi:10.56294/sctconf2022249

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Published: 2022-12-12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56294/sctconf2022249

Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Infections in Children Under Five Years of Age. St. Lucia

Abstract

Introduction: uncomplicated low acute respiratory infection has a high incidence of morbimortality in children under five years of age worldwide and in Cuba.

Objective: to characterize the behavior of uncomplicated low acute respiratory infections in children under five years of age belonging to the "Enrique Camalleri Mena" Polyclinic, Santa Lucia, period 2019-2021.

Method: observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The universe consisted of 40 children under five years of age of both sexes with risk factors for respiratory infection, and the sample consisted of 30 children with a diagnosis of uncomplicated acute lower respiratory infection during the time of the research, selected intentionally and meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The information was collected through the review of medical records and a survey, analyzing variables such as: age, sex, mother's school level, biological risk factor, type of respiratory infection, risk factors associated with respiratory infection, personal pathological history and type of delivery, reflected in variable frequency tables for better interpretation, using absolute and relative percentages.

Results: age under six months, male sex, pre-university level of education, not breastfeeding until six months of age, acute bronchitis, air pollution in the home, parasitic diseases and normal delivery predominated.

Conclusions: inadequate breastfeeding, air pollution in the home, parasitic diseases, overcrowding and smoking were risk factors for acute lower respiratory infections in children under five years of age.

Keywords:

Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Infection,

Risk Factor,

Virus,

Bacteria,

How to Cite

Rivero Sánchez CM, Pérez Borbón D, Fernández Blanco D, Sánchez Lazo LL. Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Infections in Children Under Five Years of Age. St. Lucia. Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología - Serie de Conferencias [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 12 [cited 2024 Jun. 29];1:249. Available from: https://conferencias.saludcyt.ar/index.php/sctconf/article/view/249

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