Incidencia de anemia en población adulta hospitalizada del servicio de medicina en el Hospital Contingencia de Tingo María, Perú. 2021

• Autor: Huamán Andrés, Ada Yulisa
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
• Repositorio: UNITRU-Tesis
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:dspace.unitru.edu.pe:20.500.14414/17582
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14414/17582
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Anemia; Grados de anemia; Incidencia; Etapa adulta

Anemia is a clinical fact and not a diagnostic entity, it is not a physiological phenomenon typical of old age, but a pathological entity, and one of the main causes of death in the world population, constituting one of the most serious nutritional problems in the world. This study has the objective of determining the incidence of anemia in the adult population hospitalized in the medicine service of the contingency hospital of Tingo María. Carried out during the months of March to August del 2021, 243 cases were studied. An incidence of anemia of 28.4% (69 cases) was found, being more prevalentg in the gfemale sex. The most prevalent type of anemia was moderate anemia 44.9% (31 cases), followed by mild anemia 40.6% (28 cases), and to a lesser extent severe anemia 14.5% (10 cases), it is concluded: The incidence of anemia in the The adult population hospitalized in the medical service is 28.4%, with moderate anemia having the highest percentage with 44.9%, and the age group of 25-40 years with 44.9%, the one with the highest percentage. To eradicate this incidence of anemia, education, importance, and study of this entity should be promoted, accompanied by a study of the nutritional level, in order to improve the quality of life, and avoid pathologies that lead to death.