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Revista Científica Ciencia Médica
Print version ISSN 1817-7433On-line version ISSN 2220-2234
Abstract
LUIZAGA VELASCO, Paola Danitza; LUIZAGA VELASCO, Luis Antonio and JARRO, Ruth. Incidence of Acute Diarrheal Disease Managemen, 2010 (January-June), Lacma Health Center. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2010, vol.13, n.1, pp.9-10. ISSN 1817-7433.
The main objective of this study was to determine the age most affected by EDAs in children 0-9 years. For this it is important to know the more frequent sex with EDAs in children 0-9 years. It is al so important to know what is the most affected months between January and June 2010 in Lacma Health Center. The method proposed based on a type-A retrospective descriptive study.The universe: children from 0-9 years of Lacma health center.The variables are:gender (boys and girls), age (0-9 years), disease (EDAs) and place (Lacma Health Center).The instruments were the review of new and individual medical histories January (2010) to June 25,2010. The total population of EDAs research (January to June 25) is 485 children. Of which 227 are women and 258 men. In terms of results increased frequency of EDAs is less than 1 year, the number represents 190 children, 189 cases with EDAs are presented in May being the month where more cases are presented.Another important result is that male is the most affected sex. In conclusion, it is important to note that there is a more vulnerable population to the EDAs, specifically in the field of Lacma, which are children under one year in May.
Keywords : Diarrhea; children; illness.