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Profile of children and adolescents with chronic renal failure followed up at nephrology units
Perfil de crianças e adolescentes com insuficiêcia renal crônica acompanhados em unidades de nefrologia
Perfil de niños y adolescentes con insuficiencia renal crónica seguidos an unidades de nefrologia
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Abstract Objective: Characterize the profile of children and adolescents with chronic renal failure followed up at nephrology units in the town of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. Methods: This is a quantitative, retrospective and descriptive, research which investigated socio-demographic, clinical, and ther... mehr
Objective: Characterize the profile of children and adolescents with chronic renal failure followed up at nephrology units in the town of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. Methods: This is a quantitative, retrospective and descriptive, research which investigated socio-demographic, clinical, and therapeutic variables in the medical records of 35 children and adolescents followed up at nephrology units by June 2010. Results: The main etiology was chronic glomerulonephritis (34,2%); 88,6% of patients were diagnosed and started treatment between 10 and 20 years of age. The most prevalent comorbidities were systemic arterial hypertension (51,4%) and diabetes ellitus (48,6%). The main associated clinical manifestations were systemic arterial hypertension (51,4%), uremia (48,6%), edema (42,9%), and anemia (31,4%); 97,1% of patients underwent hemodialysis. Most patients continued on hemodialysis (40%) up to 2 years of treatment (54,3%). Conclusion: This study allowed one to know this profile of patients, hitherto unknown, and it may contribute to the planning of care actions aimed at this clientele.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
chronische Krankheit; medizinische Versorgung; Adoleszenz; Jugendlicher; Kind; soziale Faktoren; Südamerika; demographische Faktoren; Brasilien; Lateinamerika
Klassifikation
Medizinsoziologie
Jugendsoziologie, Soziologie der Kindheit
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2013
Seitenangabe
S. 94-103
Zeitschriftentitel
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 5 (2013) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2013v5n3p94
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)