Current epidemiological profile of Chagasic megaesophagus in Central Brazil
| العنوان: | Current epidemiological profile of Chagasic megaesophagus in Central Brazil |
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| المؤلفون: | Joffre Rezende Filho, Enio Chaves de Oliveira, Maria da Gloria Merheb Vaz, Diogo H. Souza, Cristiano Rezio Fonseca, Alejandro O. Luquetti |
| المصدر: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 46, Iss 3, Pp 316-321 (2013) Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Volume: 46, Issue: 3, Pages: 316-321, Published: JUN 2013 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.46 n.3 2013 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) instacron:SBMT |
| بيانات النشر: | FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, Microbiology (medical), Chagas disease, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, Adolescent, Epidemiology, lcsh:RC955-962, Severity of Illness Index, Serology, Young Adult, Age Distribution, Severity of illness, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, Sex Distribution, Young adult, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, Chagasic megaesophagus, Megaesophagus, Retrospective cohort study, Middle Aged, Place of birth, medicine.disease, Surgery, Esophageal Achalasia, Radiography, Infectious Diseases, Female, Parasitology, business, Brazil |
| الوصف: | Introduction Chagasic megaesophagus (CM) is the most common digestive manifestation of Chagas disease in Brazil, and the State of Goiás is one of the most affected regions. In recent decades, the Hospital das Clínicas (HC)/Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) has been a reference center for the study and treatment of CM. The objective of this study was to characterize the current epidemiological profile of patients with CM observed at the HC of the UFG from 1998 to 2010. Methods In total, 939 patient records were analyzed, and age, gender, place of birth, serology, symptoms and radiological classification according to Rezende et al. were analyzed. Results The median patient age was 55 years. Male patients were more (54%) prevalent than female patients. The prevalence of younger patients (less than 31 years of age) was 4.2%, but 82.1% of the younger patients were from State of Bahia. Patients older than 40 years were the majority (85.5%). The radiological groups were distributed as follows: Group I (35.9%), Group II (32.9%), Group III (17%) and Group IV (14.2%). Conclusions Compared with previous studies by the same group in 1975, 1994 and 1995, the number of younger patients decreased, and the frequency curve has shifted to older patients. |
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| تدمد: | 0037-8682 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::aca618b596d8bd0e1c0779251fafc997Test https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0065-2013Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....aca618b596d8bd0e1c0779251fafc997 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 00378682 |
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