Abstract

OJEDA OJEDA, María Julia; PEREZ SUAREZ, Carmen María  and  PEREZ SUAREZ, Manuel de Jesús. Mortalidad quirúrgica en el Hospital "Carlos Manuel de Céspedes" de Bayamo: Años 1987 a 1991. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 1998, vol.37, n.1, pp. 47-52. ISSN 1561-2945.

A descriptive and retrospective observational study of 308 medical histories of the total of deaths occurred at the General Surgery Service of the "Carlos Manuel de Céspedes" General Provincial Teaching Hospital, in Bayamo, from 1987 to 1991, is conducted. 200 of the 254 operations performed were emergencies. Deaths occurred more frequently in the age group 71-80 and there was a predominance of males. The most common diseases were: intestinal occlusion, peritonitis and bleeding peptic ulcer. These causes of death with sepsis predominance are analyzed

Keywords : ABDOMEN, ACUTE [surgery]; ABDOMEN, ACUTE [mortality]; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE [surgery]; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRAHGEL [mortality]; NEOPLASMS [surgery]; NEOPLASM [mortality]; EMERGENCIES.