Autor: |
Caroline Gouveia Buff Passone, Sandra Josefina Grisi, Sylvia Costa Farhat, Thais Della Manna, Antonio Carlos Pastorino, Renata Antunes Alveno, Caroline Vasconcelos Sá Miranda, Aurora Rosaria Waetge, Mariana Nutti Cordon, Vicente Odone-Filho, Uenis Tannuri, Werther Brunow Carvalho, Magda Carneiro-Sampaio, Clovis Artur Silva |
Jazyk: |
English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
Rok vydání: |
2019 |
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Zdroj: |
Revista Paulista de Pediatria, Vol 38 (2019) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1984-0462 |
DOI: |
10.1590/1984-0462/2020/38/2018101 |
Popis: |
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess demographic data and characteristics of children and adolescents with pediatric chronic diseases (PCD), according to the number of specialties/patient. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study with 16,237 PCD patients at outpatient clinics in one year. Data were analyzed by an electronic data system, according to the number of physician appointments for PCD. This study assessed: demographic data, follow-up characteristics, types of medical specialty, diagnosis (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems - ICD-10), number of day hospital clinic visits, and acute complications. Results: Patients followed by ≥3 specialties simultaneously showed a significantly higher duration of follow-up compared to those followed by ≤2 specialties [2.1 (0.4-16.4) vs. 1.4 (0.1-16.2) years; p |
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