SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.14 número2Utilidad de un protocolo de manejo de la vía aérea en el paciente obesoQuiste dermoide del filum terminal con parálisis de ambos nervios ciático poplíteo externo. Informe de caso índice de autoresíndice de assuntospesquisa de artigos
Home Pagelista alfabética de periódicos  

Serviços Personalizados

Artigo

Indicadores

  • Não possue artigos citadosCitado por SciELO

Links relacionados

  • Não possue artigos similaresSimilares em SciELO

Compartilhar


Acta Médica del Centro

versão On-line ISSN 2709-7927

Resumo

ANDRES DEL RIO PEREZ, Gerardo et al. Acute surgical abdomen in the elderly. Acta méd centro [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.2, pp. 222-230.  Epub 30-Jun-2020. ISSN 2709-7927.

Objective:

to describe the causes and evolution of the acute surgical abdomen in the elderly.

Methods:

a descriptive observational study was carried out at the “Arnaldo Milián Castro” Hospital in the Province of Villa Clara from January 2017 to December 2018. The population consisted of 780 patients who entered the Surgery Services for acute abdomen. Sex, age, cause of acute surgical abdomen and post-surgical complications were study variables. Methods of descriptive statistics were used. The information was extracted from the medical records.

Results:

54.2% were men and there was a predominance of the age group between 60 and 70 years. Complicated abdominal wall hernias were the disease with the highest incidence (34.7%), 81.4% of the adults who had undergone surgery had no post-surgical complications and mortality was 1.4%.

Conclusions:

the main causes of acute surgical abdomen in the elderly patient in this series were complicated abdominal wall herniation, acute appendicitis, intestinal occlusion and acute cholecystitis. There were low complications and mortality rates. The control of the acute surgical abdomen depends on the careful evaluation of the acute condition and the elective correction of known abdominal diseases.

Palavras-chave : acute abdomen; emergency surgery; old man; descriptive epidemiology.

        · resumo em Espanhol     · texto em Espanhol     · Espanhol ( pdf )