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Abstract Porokeratosis is a skin disorder clinically characterized by annular plaques with keratotic borders resembling the Great Wall of China and histopathologically by cornoid lamellae. The disease has several clinical variants. Porokeratosis ptychotropica, which has recently become part of these variants, is quite rare and little known. The entity is characterized by verrucous plaques – which may resemble a psoriasis plaque – that affect the regions of the buttocks, most commonly the gluteal cleft, with or without extremity involvement. Itching is often present. We report a rare case of porokeratosis ptychotropica and highlight its unusual manifestation (single plaque), the first case reported in the Brazilian literature.
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Humans , Male , Young Adult , Skin/pathology , Porokeratosis/pathology , Pruritus , Biopsy , Brazil , Buttocks/pathology , Erythema/pathologyABSTRACT
Objective: To correlate the Apgar score, and neonatal mortality and its causes at a hospital located in the southern area of São Paulo City. Methods: A retrospective study performed by analysis of medical charts (n=7,094) of all live newborns during the period of 2005 to 2009, with data up to 28 days of life in reference to weight, Apgar score, survival and cause of mortality. Cases were analyzed by the X² test (p < 0.05). Results: In 7,094 births, there were 139 deaths, 58.3% during the first week, and 3.6% of them with Apgar < 4 in the 1st minute. A positive association was found between mortality and this variable, with significantly declining values up to 2,000 g in weight. In the group with weight < 1,000 g, the association with Apgar < 4 in the 1st minute with mortality was three-fold greater than in the 1,000-1,500 g weight group, and 35-fold greater than in the ? 3,000 g group. Among newborns with Apgar 8-10, the rate of mortality and low weight was two times greater than in those with weight > 2,499 g. Fetal distress and prematurity were associated with early neonatal death; malformations and fetal distress to late mortality. The predictive value of death with Apgar < 4 varied, according to weight, from 62.74% in the < 1,000 g group to 5.5%, in the > 3,000 g group. Conclusions: The Apgar score proved linked to factors both epidemiological and related to attention given to the birth and neonatal mortality, and was associated with extremely low birth weight.
Objetivo: Correlacionar o escore de Apgar e a mortalidade neonatal e suas causas em um hospital localizado na zona Sul do município de São Paulo. Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo por análise de prontuário (n=7.094), de todos os recém-nascidos vivos, no período de 2005 a 2009, com dados referentes até os 28 dias de vida, quanto a peso, escore de Apgar, sobrevida e causa de mortalidade. Os casos foram analisados pelo teste do X² (p < 0,05). Resultados: Nos 7.094 nascimentos, houve 139 óbitos, 58,3% na primeira semana, 3,6% com Apgar < 4 no 1º minuto. Foi encontrada associação positiva entre mortalidade e essa variável, com valores decrescentes significantemente até o peso de 2.000 g. No grupo de peso < 1.000 g, a associação do Apgar < 4 no 1º minuto com mortalidade foi três vezes maior do que no grupo 1.000 a 1.500 g e 35 vezes maior do que no grupo ? 3.000 g. Entre os recém-nascidos com Apgar de 8 a 10, a mortalidade entre baixo peso foi duas vezes maior do que nos de peso > 2.499 g. O sofrimento fetal e a prematuridade se associaram a óbito neonatal precoce; malformações e o sofrimento fetal à mortalidade tardia. O valor preditivo de morrer quando o Apgar < 4 variou, conforme o peso, entre 62,74% no grupo < 1.000 g a 5,5% no grupo > 3.000 g. Conclusões: O escore de Apgar se mostrou ligado a fatores epidemiológicos e de atenção ao parto, à mortalidade neonatal e se associou a extremo baixo peso.
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Humans , Male , Female , Infant, Newborn , Apgar Score , Hospitals, Urban/statistics & numerical data , Infant Mortality , Asphyxia Neonatorum/mortality , Birth Weight , Brazil/epidemiology , Congenital Abnormalities/mortality , Fetal Distress/epidemiology , Gestational Age , Infant, Newborn, Diseases/mortality , Infant, Premature, Diseases/mortality , Infant, Very Low Birth Weight , Infections/mortality , Perinatal Mortality , Predictive Value of Tests , Prognosis , Retrospective Studies , RiskABSTRACT
Objective: To evaluate the admission of children aged 0 to 5 years due to respiratory infections at a major hospital in the Southern region of the city of São Paulo. Methods: A total of 4,240 clinical records of children hospitalized and diagnosed with pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, bronchiolitis and bronchitis were evaluated for the 2008-2009 period, based on age, gender and year season. Results: Out of this total of children aged 0 to 60-months, 139 (3.2%) presented with pneumonia, with a slight predominance in female babies, and 73.4% occurred between 12 and 60 months (102 cases), particularly during the winter. No significant difference was found as to gender in bronchopneumonia. Age range and year seasons showed to be significant. As regards to bronchiolitis, there was a slight increase in male babies (253 cases) aged less than 12 months and in the autumn season. A total of 182 (4.3%) presented with bronchitis, mainly boys (101 cases) in children aged 12 to 60 months, predominantly during autumn/summer seasons. Conclusion: The assessment of admissions of children aged 0 to 5 years due to respiratory infections at a major hospital at the Southern region of the city of São Paulo, in the 2008-2009 period, showed that respiratory diseases affect age groups, and gender in a different way occurring in specific periods of the year.
Objetivo: Avaliar internações de crianças de 0 a 5 anos por infecções respiratórias em um hospital de grande porte da zona sul de São Paulo. Métodos: Foram utilizados 4.240 prontuários de crianças internadas com os diagnósticos de pneumonia, broncopneumonia, bronquiolite e bronquite, no ano de 2008 a 2009, utilizando-se como base idade, gênero e estações do ano. Resultados: Desse total de crianças entre 0 a 60 meses de idade, 139 (3,2%) tiveram pneumonia, com discreto predomínio do sexo feminino, e 73,4% ocorreram entre 12 a 60 meses (102 casos), a maioria no inverno. Não houve diferença significante quanto ao gênero na broncopneumonia; a faixa etária e as estações do ano mostraram-se significantes. Em relação à bronquiolite, houve um discreto predomínio do gênero masculino (253 casos), da faixa etária menor que 12 meses e da estação de outono. Apresentaram bronquite 182 (4,3%) crianças de 12 a 60 meses, com predomínio do sexo masculino (101 casos), com maior frequência no outono/verão. Conclusão: Ao avaliar as internações de crianças de 0 a 5 anos de idade internadas por infecções respiratórias em um hospital de grande porte da zona sul de São Paulo no período de 2008 a 2009, os dados evidenciaram que as doenças respiratórias afetaram de maneira diferente as faixas etárias e o gênero das crianças, ocorrendo em épocas distintas do ano.