Skin Disorders in Pediatric Age Groups in Bolu

Autor: Mualla Polat, Nadir Göksügür, Ali Haydar Parlak, Yasemin Tahtacı, Yaşar İbrahimbaş, Berna Kılıç, Betül Şereflican
Přispěvatelé: Polat, M, Goksugur, N, Parlak, AH, Tahtaci, Y, Ibrahimbas, Y, Kilic, B, Sereflican, B, Sakarya Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Solak, Berna
Jazyk: turečtina
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Türkderm, Vol 42, Iss 1, Pp 22-25 (2008)
Popis: Background and Design: Skin disorders frequently appear in childhood. We studied the prevalence of skin disorders and the distribution of skin disorders according to age and gender in pediatric patients in Bolu and tried to contribute to epidemiological data.Material and Method: The data of 624 patients in pediatric age group applying to our clinic between January 2005 and June 2007 rewieved retrospectively. The patients were divided into five age groups and the most frequent skin disorders in each age group were determined. Results: A total of 17170 patients presented to our outpatient clinic between January 2005 and January 2007, 624 (3,63%) of them were aged between 1 month and 16 years and was mean of 116,70 ± 58,08 months age. In the study group 307 (49,19%) patients were male and 317 (50,80%) patients were female. The female to male ratio was 1,03. The mean age of the boys and girls was 117,10 months and 116,33 months, respectively. The most frequent skin disorders were skin infections (26,92%) in the whole study group. The most frequent disorder was atopic dermatitis in boys aged 0-6 months and seborrheic dermatitis in girls aged 0-6 months, atopic dermatitis in both boys and girls aged 6 months-2 years, congenital nevus in boys aged 2-6 years, verruca vulgaris in girls aged 2-6 years, verruca vulgaris in both boys and girls aged 6-12 years and acne vulgaris in both boys and girls aged 12-16 years.Conclusion: The results of our study were concordant with other Turkish population study groups. When compared with western populations results, the distrubution of skin disorders significantly different from our population results. We concluded that the results of our study may contribute to epidemiologic data. (Turkderm 2008; 42: 22-5)
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