Carga hospitalaria por dengue en Ecuador durante 2023: análisis nacional de egresos hospitalarios
Carga hospitalaria del dengue: Ecuador durante 2023
Authors
- Graciela Uzcanga Urbina
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Fascia Krystell García Balda
Universidad Técnica de Manabí; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud; Carrera de Laboratorio Clínico; Portoviejo; Manabí; Ecuador
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3362-6050
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Zaida Naiza Álava Arteaga
Universidad Técnica de Manabí; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud; Carrera de Laboratorio Clínico; Portoviejo; Manabí; Ecuador
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4230-3009
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33936/qkrcs.v9i3.8268Keywords:
Dengue, Vector-Borne Diseases, Hospitalization, Epidemiology, Descriptive, EcuadorAbstract
Dengue is the main vector-borne disease in Ecuador and represents a significant burden on the health system, particularly in the context of climatic variability and the expansion of the Aedes aegypti vector. The analysis of hospital discharges provides an approximation of the real impact of the disease and allows its distribution within the population to be described. A descriptive, observational, retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted using the public hospital discharge database from the National Institute of Statistics and Census for the year 2023. All records with a dengue diagnosis according to the International Classification of Diseases, tenth revision, were included, and sociodemographic and geographic variables such as region, province, sex, and age groups were analyzed, based on the life stages defined by the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador. In 2023, a total of 6,712 hospital discharges due to dengue were recorded nationwide, with most cases concentrated in the Coastal region, followed by the Amazon and Highland regions. The provinces with the highest hospital burden were Manabí, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, and Guayas. Adolescents and young adults showed the highest frequencies of hospital discharges, while the distribution by sex was similar, with a slight male predominance. These findings demonstrate a high hospital burden due to dengue and highlight the usefulness of hospital discharge data as an indicator for planning targeted epidemiological surveillance and vector control interventions in Ecuador.Downloads
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