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
Artigo
em Espanhol
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| ID: biblio-830604
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.
Texto completo:
DisponíveL
Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Síndrome de Down
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adolescente
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Criança
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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