Specificity of rapid and confirmatory hiv / aids tests of female patients in reproductive ages of the General Hospital Esmeraldas Sur

Abstract

Introduction: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus constitutes a serious health problem worldwide. HIV is a pathology that attacks the CD4 cells of the immune system, causing a breakdown in the immune system, which makes it easier for infections or opportunistic diseases to arrive. Objective: To know the specificity of rapid tests and confirmatory tests of patients with HIV of reproductive age at the Hospital General Esmeraldas Sur, in the clinical laboratory area. Methodology: It is a quantitative, retrospective longitudinal study, with a descriptive scope, which made it possible to order, interpret and tabulate the results of rapid tests and confirmatory tests for HIV/AIDS of female patients of reproductive age. Evidencing the lack of information in the registry of patients with HIV/AIDS of the HGES, of the statistical data, in 49 female patients registered in the HGES. Results: The study indicates that there is a predominance of patients with HIV/AIDS. 30 cases correspond to patients in the age group ? 30 years, followed by 12 cases corresponding to patients in the age group ? 40 years, while patients in the age group ? 45 represent 8% (4 cases) and 6% (3 cases) correspond to patients ? 20. 61% corresponds to ? 30 years, in second place, with 25% the ? 40 years. Conclusions: The records observed in the HGES, during the research process, were not sufficient to achieve the proposed objective, for this purpose it is necessary to have complete records of patients with HIV/AIDS in all the tests, according to the WHO algorithm. In addition, to provide confidence to the public with quality results, technological resources and other instruments must be used that allow the health professional to give a correct and timely diagnosis. All framed in the main ethic, the conservation of life.