Causa y frecuencia de consultas del preescolar

Abstract

A sample of 600 children among 1.200 registered at birth in ”Dr. Alejandro del Río" Policlinic, Puente Alto, Chile is studied. All the data regarding etiology and frequency of consultations for the group between 2 and 5 years of age obtained from clinical records. Conclusions are similar to those obtained by other authors in other primary health centers. Frequency of new consultations decreased from 77.1% at 2 years of age to 62.0% between 4 and 5 years of age. Respiratory, infectious, parasitic and dermatologic diseases constitute the main causes of consultation. It is remarquable a slight increase of mental disorders and accidents with the increase of age whilst the frequency of individual consultations decrease. 22% of the children at 2 years of age do not demand medical care while at the age between 4 and 5 years the proportion is 37%. The phenomenon is attributed to the medical education received with previous consultations.