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- Title
Caracterización de los pacientes hospitalizados en la Unidad de Otorrinolaringología y Cirugía Maxilofacial del Hospital Universitario San Ignacio desde febrero de 2001 hasta octubre de 2012.
- Authors
PÉREZ GARCÍA, IRENE CAMILA; RONDEROS SUÁREZ, ANGELA MARÍA; MALDONADO, SANTIAGO GUTIÉRREZ
- Abstract
Objective: Tocharacterize the population of hospitalized patients in the Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit of the Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, from February 2001 to October 2012. Materials and methods: A retrospective, observational, cross-sectional study was performed for the patients registered in the database of the Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit for a period of 11 years from February 2001 to October 2012. The variables studied were: Sex, age group and principal diagnosis. Results: The frequency of the characteristics of our hospitalized patients was obtained. There were available data about the sex, ages and diagnoses of our patients. Discussion: The frequency of men and woman was similar. Most of our patients were between the ages of 18 to 59 years old. The diseases of the ear were the most frequent pathologies. In men the principal diagnoses was craneofacial trauma, and in women, facial cellulitis from dental origin. 2010 was the year that more patients were hospitalized. Conclusions: Through the information collected we obtained enough data to characterize the population of our in-patients.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; HOSPITAL patients; MEDICAL care; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; MAXILLOFACIAL surgery; DISEASE prevalence; UNIVERSITY hospitals; PATIENTS
- Publication
Universitas Médica, 2015, Vol 56, Issue 1, p32
- ISSN
0041-9095
- Publication type
Article