Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with cerebral palsy. Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital. Cuenca, 2014-2015

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https://doi.org/10.18537/RFCM.38.02.02

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epidemiologic study characteristics, cerebral palsy, muscle spasticity, socioeconomic factors

Abstract

Objective: to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with cerebral palsy at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, Cuenca. 2015

Methodology: it is a descriptive, cross-sectional study, performed in patients less than 16 years old with cerebral palsy. The study variables, which were taken from the medical records, were: prenatal, natal and postnatal characteristics, socioeconomic status, family functionality, symptoms of cerebral palsy (CP), comorbidity. A descriptive analysis was carried out.

Results: 72 patients were found with a mean age of 6.2 years (± 4 SD), the mean age of diagnosis was 8 months (± 10.8 SD), 80.6% had epilepsy, 53.9% in CT had brain atrophy, and in 43.1% the cause of admission was respiratory infection. Of the prenatal and neonatal antecedents, 54.2% were admitted to the neonatology unit, 38.9% received resuscitation, and 6.9% had neuro-infection. The 42.1% of the children's families had low-medium socioeconomic status.

Conclusions: The epidemiological profile of children with CP in the study, which does not differ from the results of other studies, guide decision-making in the formation of CP care teams in the Hospital.

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Published

2020-08-31

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Vol. 38 No. 2 (2020): Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca

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