Epidemiological factors in hospitalized infants suffering from acute diarrhea

Authors

  • Yudesky Serrano García Especialista de I Grado en Pediatría. Hospital Pediátrico Provincial "Pepe Portilla". Pinar del Río.
  • María Isabel Basábes Márquez Especialista de I Grado en Pediatría. Profesora Asistente del Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital Pediátrico Provincial "Pepe Portilla". Pinar del Río.
  • Guillermo Echevarría Cabañas Especialista de II Grado en Pediatría. Profesor Auxiliar del Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital Pediátrico Provincial "Pepe Portilla". Pinar del Río.
  • Jesús Juan Rodríguez Especialista de II Grado en Pediatría. Profesor Auxiliar del Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital Pediátrico Provincial "Pepe Portilla". Pinar del Río.

Abstract

A descriptive and longitudinal study was carried out, aimed at describing the presence of some epidemiological factors associated with acute diarrhoea deseases. A sample of 250 infants under 12 months of age were admitted to Gastroenterology Service a "Pepe Portilla" Provinicial Pediatric Teaching Hospital in inar del Río during January to December 2005, using the surveys done on mothers. The clinical charts of those cases were also reviewed. According to the results obtained it was demostrated that age under 6 months represented a risk factor, no important difference according to sex were observed. The protein-energy malnutrition was not a problem. The poor administration of Exclusive Breast Feeding as well as the poor home conditions were another factor associated to diarrhoea diseases. For the statistical analysis the percentage mean and the Chi square hypothesis test were used.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

How to Cite

1.
Serrano García Y, Basábes Márquez MI, Echevarría Cabañas G, Juan Rodríguez J. Epidemiological factors in hospitalized infants suffering from acute diarrhea. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 9 [cited 2025 Aug. 30];10(3):31-40. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/269

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2006)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

License

Authors who have publications with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors will retain their copyrights and grant the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY-NC 4.0) that allows third parties to share the work as long as its author and first publication in this journal are indicated.

Authors may adopt other non-exclusive license agreements for distribution of the published version of the work (e.g.: deposit it in an institutional telematic archive or publish it in a volume). Likewise, and according to the recommendations of the Medical Sciences Editorial (ECIMED), authors must declare in each article their contribution according to the CRediT taxonomy (contributor roles). This taxonomy includes 14 roles, which can be used to represent the tasks typically performed by contributors in scientific academic production. It should be consulted in monograph) whenever initial publication in this journal is indicated. Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate their work through the Internet (e.g., in institutional telematic archives or on their web page) before and during the submission process, which may produce interesting exchanges and increase citations of the published work. (See The effect of open access). https://casrai.org/credit/