IRAS in Preschool and Prescription of Antibiotics in the Zacamil Health Unit in 2004

Abstract

Alpha Respiratory Infections (IRAS) are the most prevalent infections in childhood, with an incidence of cases of 3 to 8 episodes of coryza a year, and constitute 7% of all pediatric consultations. The treatment of Alias ​​respiratory tract infections has had constant studies and they conclude that there is not enough evidence that this antibiotic treatment produces significant benefits when used without a clinical finding that merits it. Does the need arise to know what are the clinical findings that determined the use of antibiotics in the management of IRAS in preschoolers seen in the Zacamil Health Unit in 2004? The purpose of the research is to benefit both the pediatric population treated in the Zacamil Health Unit and the administrative management to achieve significant cost savings with a decrease in unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, knowing
what are the frequent WRIs and their proper treatment, and identifying the clinical findings associated with the prescription of antibiotics. The research is of a retrospective descriptive type, taking a sample at convenience, of 120 patients, 10 for each month of 2004 who were treated for a case of upper airway infection. The results obtained allowed us to know that the most frequent of the IRAS in preschoolers torn from the external consultation of the Zacamil health unit was the common cold end, of the IRAS studied all received antibiotics in certain percentages, the use of antibiotics in the IRAS It is not suitable in some cases.