Bibliographic citations
Terrones, E., (2018). Automedicación como factor asociado al retardo en la atención médica de pacientes con apendicitis aguda [Tesis, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/3959
Terrones, E., Automedicación como factor asociado al retardo en la atención médica de pacientes con apendicitis aguda [Tesis]. : Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO; 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/3959
@misc{renati/377335,
title = "Automedicación como factor asociado al retardo en la atención médica de pacientes con apendicitis aguda",
author = "Terrones Moreno, Elin Johanna",
publisher = "Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO",
year = "2018"
}
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether in patients with acute appendicitis, self medication is an associated factor with the delay in the medical care of acute appendicitis at The Hospital Regional Docente de Trujillo during the period between January and December of 2016. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We performed an observational, analytical, crosssectional study that evaluated 364 patients, which were distributed according to the presence of self-medication in two groups: Group I: 238 patients who self medicated and Group II: 126 patients without self-medication. RESULTS: In this study, the prevalence of self-medication in patients with acute appendicitis who had surgical intervention was 65.38%; The average age in patients from group I was 31.68 ± 10.70 years old and 39.17 ± 16.59 years old in patients from group II (p > 0.05); 46.64% of patients in group I and 59.52% of patients in group II were male. (p < 0.05). The time from the onset of symptoms to the arrival at the hospital was 48.29 ± 46.82 hours for group I and 20.22 ± 15.94 hours for group II (p < 0.05); When categorizing the time from the onset of symptoms with a cut off point of 24 hours, it was observed that in group I and II the proportion in those with a time > 24 hours were 60.92% and 48.41% respectively (p < 0, 05) with an OR = 1.66; 95% CI [1.07 - 2.57]. The drugs used in self-medication include antispasmodics (60%), anti-inflammatories (28%) and antibiotics (12%). The presence of complicated intraoperative acute appendicitis in group I and II were 47.06% and 34.92% respectively (p < 0.05). The average hospital stay for patients in group I was 2.94 ± 2.67 days and 1.71 ± 1.61 days for patients in group II (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Patients who take longer than 24 hours from the onset of illness are almost twice as likely to have self-medication.
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