RELACIÓN ENTRE EL TIPO DE LACTANCIA Y LA FRECUENCIA DE INFECCIONES RESPIRATORIAS EN NIÑOS MENORES DE 2 AÑOS. HOSPITAL RUIZ Y PÁEZ. CIUDAD BOLÍVAR-ESTADO BOLÍVAR.
Dr. Yary Maestracci, Samuel Mauricio, Dra. Urbaneja Martínez, Angilys Maibeth, Dr. Yzhac Silva, Jorge Arturo, Dr. Tovar Thomas, Carlos Luis, Dr. Dra. Pérez de Solórzano, Rita Josefina.
Departamento de Pediatría. Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud “Dr. Francisco Battistini Casalta”. Universidad de Oriente Núcleo Bolívar. Avenida Germania.  Complejo Hospitalario Universitario “Ruiz y Páez”. Ciudad Bolívar. Estado Bolívar. Venezuela

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Acute respiratory infections and nutrition have a double link, because in the face of poor diet and malnutrition the child is more likely to contract these respiratory infections. If proper attention is not paid to children's nutrition, respiratory infections lead to deficits in the child's growth and development, weight loss, and malnutrition in an originally well-nourished child. For this reason, an investigation was carried out to study the relationship between the type of lactation and the incidence of respiratory infections in children under 2 years of age in the Pediatric emergency unit of the Ruiz y Páez Hospital in the months of February to April of the year 2020. , was a cross-sectional, analytical, cross-sectional, comparative study of cases and non-experimental controls, made up of 30% of children under 2 years of age with a diagnosis of respiratory infection treated at said institution. Respiratory infections among children consuming exclusive breastfeeding and artificial breastfeeding, 16 cases of laryngotracheobronchitis were registered where 5 corresponded to patients with exclusive breastfeeding and 11 to artificial lactation, followed by 15 cases of pneumonia where 7 cases belonged to the exclusive breastfeeding group and 8 to artificial lactation, on the other hand, 14 cases of bronchiolitis were diagnosed where 5 cases belonged to the breastfeeding group and 9 cases to artificial lactation, lastly, 2 cases of tuberculosis were registered in patients with artificial lactation.

Key words: respiratory infections, breastfeeding