Clinical - epidemiological behavior of acute respiratory infections in the policlinic “4 de Abril”, Guantánamo

Abstract

A study is done where are evaluated the clinical - epidemiological behavior of the acute respiratory infections in a medical office of the policlinic “4 De Abril ¨ from January to December, 2012. The universe is constituted by 83 patients who were integrated in the inclusion criteria. Variable were used such as: age, sex, personal and familiar precedents of associate illnesses, habit of smoking and factors of environmental risks. In the study predominated group of ages over 17-20 years and masculine sex. Inside the main factors of risks that cause the appearance of the acute respiratory infections are the following: the habit of smoking and the dust as environmental pollutant. The  predominated respiratory infection was the common cold as well as the personal and familiar precedent of respiratory infections to repetition and the allergic rhinitis