| Autor: |
Stjepanovic M; Clinic for Pulmonology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.; Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Maric N; Clinic for Pulmonology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Belic S; Clinic for Pulmonology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.; Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Milin-Lazovic J; Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.; Institute for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Djurdjevic N; Clinic for Pulmonology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.; Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Jankovic J; Clinic for Pulmonology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.; Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Petrovic M; Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.; Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases 'Dedinje', 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Peric J; Center for Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Tulic I; Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Cvejic J; Clinic for Pulmonology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Popevic S; Clinic for Pulmonology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.; Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Dimic Janjic S; Clinic for Pulmonology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.; Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia., Mihailovic Vucinic V; Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. |
| Abstrakt: |
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown etiology that can affect almost any organ. Although the acute form can have spontaneous regression, a certain number of patients can have a chronic form, which leads to an increase in mortality and a decrease in the quality of life. Considering that the risk factors are still unknown, we wanted to compare the characteristics of patients with acute and chronic forms of sarcoidosis in Serbia in order to determine significant differences between them with hopes of contributing to everyday clinical practice. A total of 2380 patients treated in our clinic were enrolled in this study. They were separated into the following two groups: 1126 patients with acute form and 1254 patients with chronic form. They were further compared by gender, smoking status, radiological status, exposition, biomarkers for sarcoidosis, organ involvement, and other comorbidities; the distribution of patients according to regions of Serbia was also noted. Statistical significance was found in radiological findings ( p < 0.001), biomarkers (calcium in 24 h urine p < 0.001; chitotriosidase p = 0.001), and the affliction of organs ( p < 0.001). The differences noted in this paper could help improve our understanding of this disease. |
