Comment on 'Changes in acute viral hepatitis epidemiology in the Turkish adult population: A multicenter study'
| Autor: | Fatma Yılmaz Karadağ, Serpil Erol, Nurgul Ceran, Funda Kocak, Zehra Karacaer, Ilknur Esen Yildiz, Ayse Albayrak, Selma Tosun, Canan Demir, Ercan Yenilmez, Serhat Uysal, Fatma Kaçar, Mehmet Parlak, Gül Karagöz, S. Sahin, Uğur Kostakoğlu, Ayten Kadanali, Irem Altas, Nuretdin Kuzhan, Ozgur Dagli, Rıza Aytaç Çetinkaya, Özlem Aydin, Pınar Ergen, Ayse Batirel, Arzu Altunçekiç Yildirim, Gül Durmuş, Derya Bayırlı Turan, Türkkan Öztürk Kaygusuz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult Turkish population medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent Hepatitis Viral Human Turkey Turkish 030231 tropical medicine Adult population medicine.disease_cause acute viral hepatitis 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Fulminant hepatitis Letter to the Editor Aged Retrospective Studies Hepatitis B virus Hepatitis Aged 80 and over business.industry Gastroenterology Length of Stay Middle Aged Hepatitis A Hepatitis B medicine.disease language.human_language Vaccination Multicenter study Acute Disease language Female epidemiology Original Article Viral hepatitis business |
| Zdroj: | Turkish journal of gastroenterology 29 (2018): 719–719. doi:10.5152/tjg.2018.18225 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Caviglia, Gian Paolo; Fagoonee, Sharmila/titolo:Comment on "Changes in acute viral hepatitis epidemiology in the Turkish adult population: A multicenter study"/doi:10.5152%2Ftjg.2018.18225/rivista:Turkish journal of gastroenterology/anno:2018/pagina_da:719/pagina_a:719/intervallo_pagine:719–719/volume:29 |
| ISSN: | 2148-5607 1300-4948 |
| DOI: | 10.5152/tjg.2018.18225 |
| Popis: | Background/aims The present study aimed to determine the changes in the epidemiology of hepatitis in recent years in an adult Turkish population. Materials and methods Overall, 852 patients with acute viral hepatitis from 17 centers were included in this study. Their sociodemographic characteristics, clinical courses, treatments, and laboratory findings were retrospectively analyzed. Results The most commonly found microorganisms were the hepatitis B virus (55.2%) and hepatitis A virus (37.6%), and the types of acute viral hepatitis differed significantly according to the age group (p≤0.001). The most frequently reported symptom was fatigue (73.7%), and the most common complications were cholecystitis (0.4%) and fulminant hepatitis (0.4%). The median hospital stay was 9 days (range 1-373). In total, 40.8% patients with acute hepatitis B virus developed immunity. Conclusion In Turkey, there are significantly large adolescent and adult populations susceptible to acute viral hepatitis. Therefore, larger vaccination programs covering these age groups should be implemented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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