Perfil Epidemiológico das internações pediátricas por Broncoespasmo em um hospital universitário no interior de Sergipe

Abstract

Introduction: Bronchospasm is a diameter control mechanism of the inferior airways resulting in air flow control. A suggesting finding of inferior airway obstruction is wheezing, which can be caused by several diagnostics. Asthma is a cronic inflamatory disease that affects approximately 334 million people globally. In pediatric population, those values can differ from 2.8 to 31.2% of children depending on location. Objective: To evaluate the epidemiology profile of children hospitalized due to wheezing in the period of january 2022 to december 2023 in Lagarto University Hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with data of the AGHU-X system with all hospitalized patients with age between 0 and 12 years, 11 moths and 29 days old and primary or secundary diagnostic of asthma or bronchitis, established in chapter X of ICD-10 (J20 to J22, J42 and J45). Sex, age, length o stay and offered management were points analysed. Results: During the studied period, 535 children were admitted due to bronchiolitis, bronchitis and asthma. The mean age of hospitalization was 3 years and 5 months old and mean hospitalization time of 5,32 days. The prevalence of asthma was 61,68% dos hospitaizations. Among the identified viral agents, the SRV was the most commum agent (47,14%). Bronchodilator agents (98,35%), antibiotic therapy (57%) and corticosteroids (84,85%) were used in most of patients. Conclusion: Hospitalizations during the studied period most of children were male, born in Lagarto, with acute asthma exacerbations, with mean age of 3 years and 5 months old and mean hospitalization period of 5 days. Observing the three entities the hospitalization period and management were similar among the three diagnoses.