Epidemiological Clinical Profile Of Bronchitis In Infants Attended In Hospital II De Chocope

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical epidemiological profile of bronchiolitis in infants treated at Hospital II de Chocope, from 2007 to 2016. A descriptive, cross-sectional method was used with a population of 984 infants. During the 10 years studied, an incidence of 5% to 10% of bronchiolitis was found; the most frequent age group was between 6 and 12 months; the males were between 61% and 82% and the females were between 18% and 39%. Among the risk factors studied, 91% were found to have family atopy; prematurity was found to be between 1% and 7%; congenital heart disease in 1%; exclusive breastfeeding 30% to 69%, powder milk 7% to 37%, mixed lactation 26% to 52%. The most frequent clinical characteristics were cough, runny nose, difficulty feeding and tachypnea; mild severity ranging from 44% to 81%, moderate 14% to 36% and severe 7% to 19%. The most salient alarm signs were fever and poor sucking; patients evolved to remission between 58% and 88%, relapses between 12% and 40%, no deaths were reported.