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OBJECTIVES: 1) To determine differences between sexes; 2) To determine differences by sex and age groups in symptom onset, time of evolution, clinical forms and probable associated causes. POPULATION AND SAMPLE: 83 consecutive patients with diagnosed PCP (X age = 50.9 SE 2.21). 25 males (30.1% x 51.2 years-old, SE 4.1) and 58 females (69.9%, X 50.8 years-old, SE 2.2). Patients with organic colon-rectum pathology (with the exception of hemorrhoidal pathology, proctologic surgery and active anus fissure) had been excluded. METHODS: ...
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Constipation/etiology , Pelvic Floor/physiopathology , Stress, Physiological , Age Distribution , Age of Onset , Argentina/epidemiology , Constipation/diagnosis , Constipation/epidemiology , Prevalence , Prospective Studies , Sex Distribution , Single-Blind MethodABSTRACT
Se presentan dos pacientes con derrame pleural masivo asociado a cirrosis, sin evidencias clínicas de ascitis, y en el primero de los casos sin ascitis visible en la T.A.C. Se descartan otras patologías causales y se analiza su respuesta terapéutica. Se analizan los mecanismos de producción del síndrome y se postula al Neumoperitoneo como rpocedimiento diagnóstico fácil y de bajo costo.