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<journal-id>1816-8949</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Anales de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Asunción)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[An. Fac. Cienc. Méd. (Asunción)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1816-8949</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[EFACIM. Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas - Universidad Nacional de Asunción]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1816-89492020000200059</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/anales/2020.053.02.59</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Prevalencia de la enfermedad y características sociodemográficas y clínicas de la otitis media crónica en el Hospital de Clínicas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Prevalence of the disease and sociodemographical and clinical characteristics of the chronic media otitis in the Clinics Hospital]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Tandi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ruth Isaura]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roque]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Barrios]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sebastián]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cámeron]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sebastian Emmanuel]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Villalba]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Santiago Nicolás]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Roig]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Luis]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital de Clínicas, Cátedra y Servicio de Otorrinolaringología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>53</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>59</fpage>
<lpage>66</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1816-89492020000200059&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1816-89492020000200059&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1816-89492020000200059&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La otitis media crónica es una inflamación crónica del mucoendostio del oído medio y anexos, con o sin perforación de la membrana del tímpano, con o sin exudado. Según los datos obtenidos por la Organización Mundial de la Salud posterior al análisis de trabajos de investigación publicados, la prevalencia para Sudamérica y América Central se encuentra alrededor del 1,5%. El Paraguay no cuenta con un estudio similar al presente que haya sido publicado. Por tal motivo nos propusimos a determinar la carga de la enfermedad y las características sociodemográficas y clínicas de los pacientes con otitis media crónica operados en el Hospital de Clínicas en el período 2015-2019. Se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo de corte transverso, retrospectivo. De 41885 pacientes operados (9,42%) fueron pacientes de la Cátedra y Servicio de Otorrinolaringología y de estos, 274 tenían otitis media crónica, lo que representa el 6,94% del total de pacientes operados por la Cátedra y Servicio de Otorrinolaringología y el 0,65% del total de pacientes operados en el Hospital en el mencionado periodo de tiempo. Pudimos concluir que la otitis media crónica es una patología de alta prevalencia para el servicio de otorrinolaringología del Hospital de Clínicas, no obstante, representa una baja carga para la administración hospitalaria total.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Chronic otitis media is a chronic inflammation of the mucoendostium of the middle ear and annexes, with or without perforation of the eardrum, with or without exudate. According to data obtained by the World Health Organization after the analysis of published research papers, the prevalence for South America and Central America is around 1.5%. Paraguay does not have a study similar to this one that has been published. For this reason, we set out to determine the burden of the disease and the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with chronic otitis media operated at the Hospital of Clinics in the period 2015-2019. An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study was conducted. Of 41885 patients operated 9.42% were patients of the Chair and Department of Otolaryngology and of these, 274 had chronic otitis media, which represents 6.94% of the total of patients operated by the Chair and Department of Otolaryngology and 0,65% of the total of patients operated in the Hospital in the mentioned period of time. We could conclude that chronic otitis media is a pathology of high prevalence for the otolaryngology service of the Hospital of Clinics, however, it represents a low burden for total hospital administration.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Otitis media con derrame]]></kwd>
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