Clinical and epidemiological characterization of hospitalized patients for cardiovascular causes.

Abstract

The objective was to determine the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients hospitalized for cardiovascular causes at the Dr. José Ángel Álamo Military Hospital. The study is descriptive, with a quantitative approach, with a non-experimental, transectional design. The technique used was through the collection of direct data through medical records, where all the records of patients with inclusion criteria were taken. The results obtained: the age with the highest incidence was between 61 to 80 years, with a male sex predominance 56%, and female sex 44%. It was found that within the psychobiological habits 81% of the patients consume coffee, 59% of them smoke and 46% consume some type of alcoholic beverage. Regarding the important personal pathological antecedents, arterial hypertension stands out, 79%, Diabetes mellitus 25%, previous cerebrovascular disease 12%, nephropathies 10%. While in the family pathological history this Arterial Hypertension, Ischemic Heart Disease and Diabetes Mellitus, equally 21% of the subjects of studies Cerebrovascular Diseases 12% and with Heart Failure 4%. Within the hospitalization diagnoses, Arterial Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus predominated, 25%, Cerebrovascular diseases 23%, Nephropathies 20%, Heart Failure 20%, Mixed Cardiopathies 16% and in smaller proportions Valvular heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Venous Insufficiency. Conclusion: cardiovascular diseases continue to have a high prevalence and a constant relationship with sociodemographic data, psychobiological habits, personal and family pathological antecedents.