Perfil de morbilidad en adolescentes chilenos con síndrome de Down / Morbidity profile among adolescents with Down syndrome
Rev. méd. Chile
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144(8): 998-1005, ago. 2016. tab
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in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Background:
There is a paucity of information about morbidity and mortality of adolescents with Down syndrome (DS).Aim:
To describe morbidity and mortality of a cohort of Chilean adolescents with DS. Material andMethods:
Review of electronic clinical records of 67 ambulatory patients with DS aged 10 to 20 years (37 women), seen between the years 2007 and 2014 in outpatient clinics of a University hospital.Results:
The mean age at the last consultation was 13 ± 3 years. Ninety-eight percent of patients had a chronic condition 37.1% where overweight or obese, 58.2% had a congenital heart disease, 11.9% where being evaluated or had the diagnosis of autism and 44.8% had hypothyroidism. Pubertal development was consistent with chronologic age in 93.7% of patients. In three patients puberty had been suppressed. In women, average age of menarche was 12.2 ± 1.1 years. There were no deaths reported.Conclusions:
There was a high rate of comorbidities in this group of adolescents with DS, most of them with frequencies comparable to those reported in literature.
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Main subject:
Down Syndrome
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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