Parálisis cerebral infantil: características clínicas y factores relacionados con su atención / Infantile cerebral palsy: clinical characteristics and factors related to its attention

RESUMEN

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo trasversal de 244 pacientes portadores de parálisis cerebral infantil que fueron atendidos en la consulta de rehabilitación del Policlínico de Especialidades Pediátricas de Camagüey. Se demostró un predominio de la forma clínica cuadriparética (58.60 por ciento), el retraso mental estuvo presente en el 75 por ciento de los pacientes estudiados y los factores perinatales considerados en el 45.08 por ciento como el posible factor causal, el 50.40 por ciento de los que fueron evaluados no realizaban tratamiento de forma sistemática. Es importante continuar investigando sobre los factores que caracterizan el comportamiento de este problema de salud, para poder reducir su incidencia y optimizar la calidad de la atención que se le brinda a los afectados(AU)

ABSTRACT

A descriptive study of 244 patients carriers of infintile cerebral palsy that were attended in the rehabilitation consultation at the Pediatric Specialties Hospital of Camagüey was conducted. A predominance of the quadriparetic clinical form (58.60 percent) was shown, mental retardation was present in the 75 percent of the patients studied and the perinatal factors were considered at the 45.08 percent as the possible causal factor, the 50.40 percent of the ones that were evaluated did not carry out treatment of systematic form. It is important to continue investigating on the factors that characterize the behavior of this health problem, to be able to reduce its incident and to optimize the quality of the attention that is offered to the affected patients(AU)