Radiological biological, socio-environmental and clinical factors associated with community-acquired pneumonia in children under 5 years in a public hospital in Peru

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https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.1.616.241

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Community-acquired pneumonia, Pediatrics, breastfeeding

Abstract

Introduction: Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is an inflammatory pathology that damages the lower respiratory tract, usually of infectious etiology. It affects the pulmonary parenchyma producing alteration in alveolar hematosis, causing progressive hypoxemia.

Objective: To determine how biological, socio-environmental, clinical radiological and analytical factors are associated with the development of CAP in children under 5 years of age hospitalized in a Public Hospital in Peru during 2019.

Materials and Methods: Observational, retrospective, analytical, case-control study. The sample size was made by simple, untied random sampling, obtaining 71 cases and 71 controls in the Pediatrics Service of the San José Hospital during 2019.

Results: The male sex predominated in patients with CAP (54.9%); but there was no significant association between this sex and NAC (OR: 1.67 CI: 0.86-3.23, p: 0.13). The statistically significant results associated with CAP were ineffective breastfeeding (OR: 6.85, 95% CI: 3.18-14.75) and history of respiratory diseases (OR: 5.41, 95% CI: 2.58-11.34) Conclusions: Biological factors, ineffective breastfeeding and history of respiratory diseases are associated with CAP in children under 5 years. 

Keywords: Community-acquired pneumonia, Pediatrics, breastfeeding

Author Biographies

Diego José Valencia Cuevas, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Perú

Médico Cirujano por la Universidad Ricardo Palma.

Docente de la Universidad Ricardo Palma

Luis Roldán Arbieto, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Perú

Doctor en Administración. Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola

Licenciado en Estadística.Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.

Docente de la Universidad Ricardo Palma y la Universidad Tecnológica del Perú

Consuelo Luna Muñoz, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Perú

Doctora en Salud Pública, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal. Médico cirujano especialista en Pediatría, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marco. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Biomédicas (INICIB). Universidad Ricardo Palma y Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins EsSalud. Correro lunaconsuelo21@gmail.com  Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9205-2745.       

Jhony Alberto De La Cruz Vargas, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Perú

Profesor e Investigador de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Ricardo Palma.

Director Adjunto del Instituto de Investigacion en Ciencias Biomedicas, Facultad de Medicina Humana.

Investigador del CONCYTEC, Peru.

Jefe de Docencia e Investigacion en la Clinica Good Hope.

Published

2022-05-03

How to Cite

Valencia Cuevas, D. J. ., Roldán Arbieto, L. ., Luna Muñoz, C. ., & De La Cruz Vargas, J. A. (2022). Radiological biological, socio-environmental and clinical factors associated with community-acquired pneumonia in children under 5 years in a public hospital in Peru. Salud Uninorte, 38(1), 193–207. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.1.616.241

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