Objetivo: Estimar la proporción de adultos mayores frágiles hospitalizados en el Hospital Regional Honorio Delgado Espinoza durante el mes Febrero 2016. Métodos: se realizó un estudio prospectivo, observacional y transversal. Se registraron 243 adultos mayores hospitalizados. a quienes se evaluó con un cuestionario basado en la ficha única de Valoración Clínica del Adulto Mayor establecida por el Ministerio de Salud del Perú. Resultados: el 46.50% fue catalogado como adulto mayor frágil, en su mayoría de sexo masculino entre 70 y 79 años, de grado de instrucción primaria 53.98%, y estado civil fue casado 51.32%. Los adultos mayores eran dependientes en un 23.00%, tenían deterioro cognitivo un 53.98%, presentaban manifestaciones depresivas un 69.9%, y riesgo social un 70.79%. Conclusión: la proporción de adultos mayores frágiles hospitalizados en el hospital Regional Hono...

Acute appendicitis is the most frequent surgical emergency instance in young adults; and its association with parasitic infections is rare. Of these particular cases, appendix location of hydatid cyst is extremely rare; and there have been published reports of such cases only in Iran, India, Tunisia, and Peru. We present the case of a 52-year old male subject born in Puno, with no relevant past medical history, who was admitted with a clinical condition typically consistent with acute appendicitis. When this patient underwent surgery, the appendix was found showing a cystic mass, compatible with complicated Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cyst. Later on, three additional intraabdominal hydatid cysts were identified. There was no surgical or trauma past history, so it was concluded this condition corresponded to disseminated primary intraabdominal location of hydatid disease, including th...

Acute appendicitis is the most frequent surgical emergency instance in young adults; and its association with parasitic infections is rare. Of these particular cases, appendix location of hydatid cyst is extremely rare; and there have been published reports of such cases only in Iran, India, Tunisia, and Peru. We present the case of a 52-year old male subject born in Puno, with no relevant past medical history, who was admitted with a clinical condition typically consistent with acute appendicitis. When this patient underwent surgery, the appendix was found showing a cystic mass, compatible with complicated Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cyst. Later on, three additional intraabdominal hydatid cysts were identified. There was no surgical or trauma past history, so it was concluded this condition corresponded to disseminated primary intraabdominal location of hydatid disease, including th...