Caracterización clinicoepidemiológica de pacientes con estados reaccionales de lepra / Clinical and epidemiological characterization of patients with leprosy reactional states
Medisan
;
19(7)jul.-jul. 2015. tab
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS, CUMED
| ID: lil-752956
RESUMEN
Se realizó un estudio observacional y descriptivo de 50 pacientes con estados reaccionales de lepra, ingresados en el servicio de dermatología del Hospital General Docente "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" de Santiago de Cuba durante el quinquenio 2009-2013, a fin de caracterizarles según algunas variables clinicoepidemiológicas, para lo cual además se empleó el cálculo porcentual y el test de correlación de Pearson. En la serie predominaron el sexo masculino (56,0 %), el grupo etario de 30-49 años (48,0 %) y la variedad clínica dimorfa lepromatosa (40,0 %); asimismo se observó que los estados reaccionales aparecieron principalmente después del tratamiento (64,0 %), por lo general con un único episodio (58,0 %), y que la reacción de reversión resultara más común (32,0 %), con una mayor frecuencia de la forma grave (69,0 %).
ABSTRACT
An observational and descriptive study of 50 patients with reactional states of leprosy, admitted in the Dermatology Service of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out during the five year period 2009-2013, in order to characterize them according to some clinical and epidemiological variables, for which the calculation percentage and the Pearson correlation test were also used. The male sex (56.0%), the age group 30-49 (48.0%) and the clinical variety dimorpha lepromatous (40.0%) prevailed in the series; it was also observed that the reactional states appeared mainly after the treatment (64.0%), in general with just one episode (58.0%), and that the reversion reaction was more common (32.0%), with a higher frequency in the severe type (69.0%).
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Main subject:
Erythema Nodosum
/
Leprosy
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medisan
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso/CU
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