Características epidemiológicas y clínicas del síndrome urémico hemolítico en menores de 14 años. Hospital Regional Docente de Trujillo-Hospital Belén de Trujillo, 2003-2013

• Autor: Aguirre Rodríguez, Emerson David
• Formato: tesis de grado
• Fecha de Publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
• Repositorio: UNITRU-Tesis
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:dspace.unitru.edu.pe:20.500.14414/1165
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14414/1165
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Ninguna

To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in children under 14 years in the Regional Hospital of Trujillo and Trujillo Bethlehem Hospital during the period 2003-2013. Methodology: A descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional study. Results: Eight cases of HUS were obtained. It includes age from 7 months to 9 years and its distribution by age group was: 0% from 0 to 28days; 25% from 28days to 11 months; 25% from 12 to 23 months; 37,5% from 2 to 5 years; 12,5% from 6 to 14 years; with an average of 30,6 months and median 21,5meses. The 62.5% were female. The district of origin was: 12.5% of Trujillo; 12,5% of Hope; 12,5% of El Porvenir; 12, 5% of Pacasmayo; 12,5% of Chepén; 12,5% of Virú; 12,5% of Otuzco; 12,5% of Carabamba. The distribution of patients per season was: 37,5% in spring, 25% in summer, 25% in autumn and 12,5% in winter. Hospitalization time was between 4 and 36 days, with an average of 18 days and median of 16 days. One patient (12,5%) died. The 100% went with prodromal diarrhea and 62,5% with dysentery. The 62,5% had vomiting, the 50% nauseas, the 50% abdominal pain. The 75% had pallor; the 37,5% fever; the 12,5% petechiae and 12,5% bruising. Conclusions: HUS was more common in children under 5 years and in females. All had prodromal diarrhea. The most common symptom was vomiting, and the most frequent sign was pallor