Paneque RL, Valle PA, Oliva MM

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: tuberculosis is are emergent disease in Cuba, where there is a National Control of Tuberculosis Program that makes possible to keep the incidence rates in the wished minimal.
Objectives: to analyze the main indicators of the National Control of Tuberculosis Program in San José de las Lajas.
Methods: a descriptive, transversal study was carried out in a period between February, 2014 and February, 2015 about the 34 487 medical cares performed for acute respiratory infections, the 371 respiratory symptomatic patients of more than 1 days and the 13 cases of tuberculosis with their 196 contacts, according to the documental information found in the specific forms of this program . The studied variables were: respiratory symptomatic patients , searching to vulnerable groups, studied patients with direct baciloscopies, cultures and with positive chest X rays , sick patients with tuberculosis and people who received chemical prophylaxis.
Results: the getting of respiratory symptomatic patients of more than 21days, does not reach the established indicators for watching the vulnerable group yet, nevertheless, the treatment for sick patients is practiced adequately well as the chemical prophylaxis of the contacts, however, deficiencies were detected in the follow up by steps of the study of the respiratory symptomatic patients of more than 21 days.
Conclusions: The detected main deficiencies were the close watching in the Primary health care, mainly in the vulnerable groups to suffer from tuberculosis and in San José de las Lajas the incidences higher than the national medium.