BRONQUIOLITIS EN NIÑOS MENORES DE 1 AÑO DE EDAD HOSPITALIZADOS EN LA SALA DE PEDIATRÍA DEL HOSPITAL PROVINCIAL VERDI CEVALLOS BALDA DEL CANTÓN PORTOVIEJO EN EL PERIODO DE JUNIO 2010- FEBRERO 2011

Abstract

The bronquiolitis is a very frequent pathology caused by the Virus Sincitial Respiratorio, affects the two-year-old minor children, with an age I sting between three and six months, but in our way it affects fundamentally the 1-year-old minor children of age, appears to level of the top airways provoking a picture of respiratory difficulty. It is a common disease and often severe, and is for it that with this work investigativo try to identify the factors of risks, recidivas and complications originated by the bronquiolitis. In our study a predominance existed in the males with regard to the girls with 70 % with relation 3:1. The Virus Sincitial Respiratory affected 48 % of the niñ@s between 3 and 6 months of age. It is the most frequent reason of revenue in 1-year-old minor children in the Provincial Hospital Verdi Cevallos Balda. As for the factors of risk there was stated that one of the principal reasons is the prematurity with 76 %. The clinical picture of this pathology is characterized by cough, fever, frequent vomits and respiratory progressive difficulty by appearance of sibilancias, as a rule the majority of the times is moderated and has resolution in one to two weeks. 7 % of the patients showed a serious course presenting complications, such as: pneumonia with 4.7 % and bronchopneumonia with 2.3 %.