Mortality in adolescents and young adults with chronic diseases during 16 years: a study in a Latin American tertiary hospital
| Autor: | Gabriel F. Ramos, Vanessa P. Ribeiro, Mariana P. Mercadante, Maira P. Ribeiro, Artur F. Delgado, Sylvia C.L. Farhat, Marta M. Leal, Heloisa H. Marques, Vicente Odone‐Filho, Uenis Tannuri, Werther B. Carvalho, Sandra J. Grisi, Magda Carneiro‐Sampaio, Clovis A. Silva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Latin Americans Late adolescent Adolescent Severe disease Autopsy Tertiary Care Centers 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Necropsy Young adult Mortality Child Retrospective Studies business.industry lcsh:RJ1-570 lcsh:Pediatrics Retrospective cohort study Hospitalization Cross-Sectional Studies Latin America Clinical diagnosis Chronic diseases Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Chronic Disease Early adolescents Female business |
| Zdroj: | Jornal de Pediatria v.95 n.6 2019 Jornal de Pediatria Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria (SBP) instacron:SBPE Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), Vol 95, Iss 6, Pp 667-673 (2019) Jornal de Pediatria, Vol 95, Iss 6, Pp 667-673 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1678-4782 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To evaluate mortality in adolescents and young adult patients with chronic diseases followed in a Latin American tertiary hospital. Methods: A cross‐sectional retrospective study was performed in a tertiary/academic hospital in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Death occurred in 529/2850 (18.5%) adolescents and young adult patients with chronic diseases, and 25/529 (4.7%) were excluded due to incomplete medical charts. Therefore, 504 deaths were evaluated. Results: Deaths occurred in 316/504 (63%) of early adolescent patients and in 188/504 (37%) of late adolescent/young adult patients. Further comparisons between early adolescents (n = 316) and late adolescent/young adult patients (n = 188) with pediatric chronic diseases at the last hospitalization showed that the median disease duration (22.0 [0–173] vs. 43.0 [0–227] months, p |
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