Coronel CC, Huerta MY, Ramos TO

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Background: acute respiratory infections are a group of diseases that are produced in the respiratory system, caused by different microorganisms like virus and bacteria, which begin very suddenly and last less than two weeks.
Objective: to identify the risky factors associated with acute respiratory infections in children less than five years old.
Methods: an analytic observational retrospective study was carried out with 88 children: 44 cases and 44 controls at Armando Cardoso hospital from June 2015 to May 2017. The information was obtained from the clinical history of the children and the interviews applied to children's parents.
Results: the following risk factors for acute respiratory infections were found: exposure to the smoke of tobacco (OR=9,2 XMH= 5,1), breast feeding for at least 6 months age (OR=5,9 XMH=3,7), malnutrition by defect (OR=5,4 XMH= 2,2), age under one year, (OR=4,6 XMH=3,4) and presence of domestic animals at home (OR=2,9 X MH= 2,4).
Conclusions: the identified risk factors associated with acute respiratory infection were: exposure to the smoke of tobacco, breast feeding for at least 6 months age, malnutrition by defect, age under 1 year old and presence of domestic animals.