Infections of the central nervous system in pediatric patients clinical epidemiological aspects

• Cordero-Cabrera, Yuselys de la Caridad ^[1] ; Álvarez Reinoso, Sarah ^[1] ; Serrano Pérez , Mailideleidys ^[2] ; Henriquez Trujillo, Daymi ^[3] ; Pérez Madrazo, Karelia ^[3]
  1. [1] Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Docente “Pepe Portilla”. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
  2. [2] Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Bloque Docente “Simón Bolívar”. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
  3. [3] Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Ernesto Guevara de la Serna”. Pinar del Río, Cuba.

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• Localización: Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología - Serie de Conferencias, ISSN-e 2953-4860, Vol. 2, Nº. 0, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología - Serie de Conferencias)
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  • Introduction: infections of the central nervous system constitute a health problem on the planet.

    Objective: to clinically epidemiologically characterize   children with central nervous system infections admitted to be Pepe Portilla Provincial Teaching Pediatric Hospital of Pinar del Río in the years 2020­2021.

    Method: observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study. Universe 63 patients with diagnosis of central nervous system infection. A sample of 40 patients was selected through simple random sampling .Descriptive and inferential statistics were used.

    Results: meningoencephalitis of viral etiology predominated in 82,5 % of the sample, with ages from 11 to 13 years in 75 %. The male sex represented 67, 5 percent of the cases studied. Fever was identified in 97,5 % of patients as the most frequent symptom. Non­breastfeeding was found in 92,5 % of the patients as a risk factor associated with central nervous system infections. In 2020, epilepsy was reported in 12,5 % of patients as the most frequent complication and in 2021 it represented 20 %. The lethality of the infection was shown in 5 % of the cases in 2020 and in 2021 the fatal outcome occurred in 2,5 %.

    Conclusions: the important social impact of the central nervous system infections in pediatric patients was evidenced by their clinical evolution, fatal resolution or the presence of sequelae.