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Estudo das características epidemiológicas e clínicas de pacientes portadores do vírus da imunodeficiência humana em Pronto Atendimento do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais / Study on the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with human immunodeficiency virus at the walk-in service of the teaching hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais
Ravetti, Cecilia Gómez; Pedroso, Ênio Roberto Pietra.
Affiliation
  • Ravetti, Cecilia Gómez; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Hospital das Clínicas. Pronto Atendimento. Belo Horizonte. BR
  • Pedroso, Ênio Roberto Pietra; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Hospital das Clínicas. Pronto Atendimento. Belo Horizonte. BR
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop ; Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop;42(2): 114-118, Mar.-Apr. 2009. tab
Article in Pt | LILACS | ID: lil-512912
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RESUMO
Este trabalho objetiva a análise prospectiva das características clínicas e epidemiológicas que levam os pacientes adultos com HIV/AIDS a procurarem atendimento clínico de urgência em Pronto Atendimento do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Noventa e nove pacientes perfizeram 118 internações. A idade foi em média 39,4 anos. A relação homem e mulher foi de 1,351. O tempo desde o diagnóstico até a admissão situou-se de forma mais freqüente entre 0-5 anos em 40,4 por cento dos casos. A terapêutica anti-retroviral era usada regularmente em 56,8 por cento das admissões. A contagem de linfócitos T CD4+ foi inferior a 200 células/mm³ em 45,7 por cento dos pacientes. As queixas mais freqüentes foram aumento da temperatura corpórea, diarréia, tosse e dispnéia. O aparelho respiratório foi o mais acometido. As doenças oportunistas mais freqüentes foram pneumocistose, pneumonia comunitária, síndrome diarréica, e candidiase oral. A demanda de internações de pacientes com HIV representou 2,8 por cento das admissões, com tempo médio de permanência hospitalar de 4,6 dias. Os pacientes possuíam, em sua maioria, contagem de linfócitos TCD4+ baixa, quase metade não usava a terapia anti-retroviral altamente eficaz. Houve tendência à feminização. As doenças relacionadas à AIDS continuam sendo as mais freqüentes no nosso meio.
ABSTRACT
This study had the aim of prospectively analyzing the clinical and epidemiological characteristics that lead adult patients with HIV/AIDS to seek urgent medical care in the walk-in service of the teaching hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Over a one-year period, all admissions of adult patients with HIV were evaluated. There were 118 admissions involving 99 patients. Their mean age was 39.4 years. The male-to-female ratio was 1.351. The length of time from diagnosis to admission was most frequently 0-5 years (40.4 percent of the cases). Antiretroviral therapy was being regularly used among 56.8 percent of the admissions. The T CD4+ lymphocyte count was less than 200 cells/mm³ in 45.7 percent of the patients. The most frequent complaints were increased body temperature, diarrhea, coughing and dyspnea. The respiratory tract was the region most affected. The most common opportunistic diseases were pneumocystosis, community-acquired pneumonia, diarrheal syndrome and oral candidiasis. The demand for admissions among HIV patients represented 2.8 percent of all admissions, with an average length of stay of 4.6 days. Most of the patients had low T CD4+ lymphocyte counts, and almost half of them were not taking highly active antiretroviral therapy. There was a tendency towards feminization. AIDS-related diseases continue to be the most frequent occurrences within our setting.
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Full text: 1 Index: LILACS Main subject: HIV Infections / Emergency Service, Hospital / Hospitalization / Hospitals, Teaching Type of study: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Brasil Language: Pt Journal: Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop Journal subject: MEDICINA TROPICAL Year: 2009 Type: Article
Full text: 1 Index: LILACS Main subject: HIV Infections / Emergency Service, Hospital / Hospitalization / Hospitals, Teaching Type of study: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Brasil Language: Pt Journal: Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop Journal subject: MEDICINA TROPICAL Year: 2009 Type: Article