Abstract
In the clinical records between 1980-1989, there are 3,386 diagnosis of diseases, 34 percent of them were infections, the first great cause of diseases in ten years; the second cause was cardiovascular 16.3%. Infectious disease were localized in urinary tract 19%, Typhoid Fever 15%, pneumonia 11%, tuberculosis 8.5%, cellulitis 8.5%, Viral Hepatitis 8%, Brucellosis 5%, gastrointestinal Tract infections 5% and others 20%. It is necessary improve the epidemiological criteria in the practice of internal medicine, because the elevated numbers of infectious diseases that we are seeing in the Internal Medicina Section.
| Translated title of the contribution | Incidence of infective diseases at an internal medicine service |
|---|---|
| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 171-175 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Revista de gastroenterología del Perú : órgano oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1991 |
| Externally published | Yes |
