In:
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, FapUNIFESP (SciELO), Vol. 35, No. 6 ( 2002-12), p. 609-619
Abstract:
The objective of this work was to evaluate the most frequent causes of emergency in patients with Chagas disease. Between January 1998-January 1999, individuals with Chagas disease inside the shock-room of Santojanni Hospital in Buenos Aires city, were included in a prospective study. For the statistical analysis, X² test with Yates correction has been used. From a total of 1.680 patients entered, there were 95 (6%) with reactive serology for Chagas disease. In 31 individuals the enter cause was syncope, in 28 cardiac insufficiency, in 18 acute coronary events, in 5 stroke, in 3 acute edema of hypertensive lung and in 2 acute encephalitis associated to AIDS. In conclusion, significant association has been observed between: 1) presence of cardiopathy and hospitalization, 2) cardiac insufficiency, syncope, acute encephalitis and mortality, 3) cardiopathy development and mortality and 4) origin place and mortality.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0037-8682
DOI:
10.1590/S0037-86822002000600011
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Publication Date:
2002
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2028921-2
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