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Acta Médica del Centro
versão On-line ISSN 2709-7927
Resumo
RUIZ RAMOS, Anisbel et al. Chronic liver diseases in the pediatric age. Acta méd centro [online]. 2023, vol.17, n.2, pp. 212-221. Epub 30-Jun-2023. ISSN 2709-7927.
Introduction:
chronic liver diseases are a group of diseases that in the medium or long term produce structural and functional alterations in the liver, the affected child may suffer a spectrum of complications, with some similarities with respect to adults, but with notable differences.
Objective:
to characterize pediatric patients with chronic hepatopathies seen at the Gastroenterology Service of the “José Luis Miranda” Hospital in the period from January 2019 to December 2020.
Methods:
a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in pediatric patients with a diagnosis of chronic liver disease admitted to the Gastroenterology Department of the “José Luis Miranda” Hospital from January 2019 to December 2020. The population consisted of 32 patients.
Results:
there was a predominance of patients younger than six months (50%) and female sex (59.39%). Among the causes of liver disease, atresia of the extrahepatic biliary tract was diagnosed in 18.75% of patients at term, with adequate birth weight. Hypertransaminasemia was present in 100% of cases as the predominant laboratory finding. The main treatments used were fat-soluble vitamins and bile salt chelators.
Conclusions:
chronic hepatopathies were predominant in female children under six months of age. Extrahepatic biliary atresia, hepatotoxicity and Alagille syndrome were the main chronic liver diseases found.
Palavras-chave : chronic liver disease; pediatric patient, treatments.