Prevalencia de síntomas digestivos en mujeres adultas normales y su asociación a la litiasis biliar / Prevalence ofdigestive symptoms in normal adult women and it association with biliary lithiasis
Rev. méd. Chile
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122(5): 531-6, mayo 1994. tab, ilus
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this work was to study the prevalence of biliary diseases and digestive symptoms in normal adult women. Four hundred nineteen women were chosen; of these 145 were discarded due to previous gastrointestinal disease (20), previous gastrointestinal complaints (38) and previous cholecystectomy (85). Two hundred seventy six women were subjected to abdominal ultrasound examination; of these, 53 had cholelithiasis and in three a gallbladder cancer was suspected (and confirmed by surgery). Considering women with previous cholecystectomy, cholelithiasis and gallbladder cancer, a 33.6 per cent prevalence of biliary diseases can be inferred. An interrogation about gastrointestinal symptoms was performed to women subjected to ultrasound examinations by 2 professionals unware of ultrasound results. A high frequency of pyrosis, food intolerance and constipation was found, not observing differences between women with or without cholelithiasis. However, these last women had a higher frequency of upper abdominal pain. Both groups had also a high rate of previous surgical procedures
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Main subject:
Cholelithiasis
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Colic
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
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