
Se realizó un estudio prospectivo de tipo descriptivo analítico de una muestra aleatoria de 617 pacientes tratados con digoxina en 4 policlínicos del municipio Arroyo Naranjo en el año 1999. Se aplicó una encuesta a cada paciente, se revisaron las historias clínicas y se confeccionó el índice pronóstico de intoxicación digitálica (ID). Se observó un predominio del sexo femenino en la muestra estudiada (54,4 %). El 5,3 % de las mujeres presentó ID, mientras que en los hombres correspondientes a 45,6 % de la muestra solamente presentaron ID, el 1,8 %. El 68,5 % de la muestra eran sedentarios y de ellos presentaron ID el 4,7 %. El 1,5 % de los no sedentarios tuvieron ID, diferencia estadísticamente significativa cuando se comparó con el grupo sedentario (p A prospective and descriptive analytic study of a randomized sample of 617 patients treated with digoxin in 4 polyclinics of the municipality of Arroyo Naranjo was conducted in 1999. Every patient was surveyed, the medical histories were reviewed and an index of prognosis of digitalis poisoing (DI) was made. A predominace of females (54,4 %) was observed in the studied sample. 5,3 % of the women had DI, whereas only 1,8 % of the 45,6 % of males included in the sample had DI. 68,5 % of the sample were sedentary and of them 4,7 % had DI. 1,5 % of the nonsedentary had DI, a statistically significant difference when it was compared with the sedentary group (p < 0.05). The incidence of DI was 3,2 %. It was concluded that the variables female sex and physical activity are related with this phenomenon.
Medicine (General), R5-920, MUJERES, RISK FACTORS., DIGOXINA, WOMEN, FACTORES DE RIESGO., DIGOXIN
Medicine (General), R5-920, MUJERES, RISK FACTORS., DIGOXINA, WOMEN, FACTORES DE RIESGO., DIGOXIN
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