Descriptive analysis of cystic fibrosis patients followed by the Pediatric Pulmonology Unit of a university hospital in Porto Alegre-RS
Author
Gava Chakr, Valentina C. B.
Vendrusculo, Fernanda Maria
Tomedi Leites, Gabriela
Fagundes Donadio, Márcio Vinícius
Frescura Paim, Taísa
Cauduro Marostica, Paulo José
Rúbia Silveira, Mara
Publication date
2006ISSN
1980-6108
Abstract
Aims: To provide a descriptive analysis of patients followed in a local cystic fibrosis treatment center and compare the collected data with those found in the literature. Methods: Relevant data for clinical follow-up of cystic fibrosis patients were used for analysis and correlation. Results: Twenty six male and twenty two female patients were studied. From 48 patients, 89,6% presented with pancreatic insufficiency and 29,1% had at least one positive culture to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the last 6 months. The patients colonized by P. aeruginosa and the ones with pancreatic insufficiency presented with worse values for forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). The pancreatic insufficiency group (84 versus 112%; p = 0,005) and the patients colonized by P. aeruginosa (75 versus 85%; p = 0,006) had lower pulmonary function parameters. Conclusions: The data from our study show that this group of patients presents in accordance with data available from literature, considering the analysed features of the disease. However, there is a marked exception in the time of diagnosis, which is still very late in Brazil.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
Portuguese
Subject (CDU)
61 - Medical sciences
616.2 - Pathology of the respiratory system. Complaints of the respiratory organs
Keywords
Fibrosi quística
Diagnòstic
Dietoterapia
Nen
Infant
Adolescent
Espirometria
Fibrosis quística
Diagnóstico
Dietoterapia
Niño
Infante
Adolescente
Espirometría
Cystic fibrosis
Diagnosis
Diet therapy
Boy
Infant
Teenager
Spirometry
Pages
6
Publisher
Electronic Journal Publishing System
Collection
16; 3
Is part of
Scientia Medica
Citation
Gava Chakr, Valentina C. B.; Vendrusculo, Fernanda Maria; Tomedi Leites, Gabriela [et al.]. Descriptive analysis of cystic fibrosis patients followed by the Pediatric Pulmonology Unit of a university hospital in Porto Alegre-RS. Scientia Medica, 2006, 16(3), 103-108. Disponible en: <https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/scientiamedica/article/view/1617>. Fecha de acceso: 8 abr. 2022.
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