Proceso de atención de enfermería en paciente pediátrico con neumonía bacteriana basado en la teoría de Virginia Henderson.

Abstract

Bacterial pneumonia is a disease that occurs worldwide, and is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality. This disease is very frequent in primary care and in hospital emergency services, particularly in developing countries, caused most of the time by different species of bacterial pathogens, as a consequence of this, the bronchioles and pulmonary alveoli become saturated with Inflammatory exudates due to infection of the lung parenchyma. In Latin America, up to 919 cases of children under five years of age with pneumonia per 100,000 have been reported, while in Ecuador, pneumonia is among the ten main causes of infant morbidity and mortality, for the year 2021, the morbidity rate was 12.40 per 10,000 minors admitted to medical care centers, considering this context, the objective was: to design a nursing care plan for pediatric patients with bacterial pneumonia based on Virginia Henderson's theory.