Abstract

LUGONES BOTELL, Miguel  and  CALZADA OCCEGUERA, María de los A.. Atención Ginecológica en pediatría: Algunos resultados de nuestro trabajo. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2002, vol.74, n.2, pp. 127-131. ISSN 1561-3119.

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 patients aged 0-10 years, seen with their medical histories at the Pediatric-Juvenile Gynecology Outpatient Service in Playa municipality from September 1st,1996 to November 30th,2001. The study analyzed the following variables: principal reasons for going to see the gynecologist according to age, main causes of leukorrhea or vulvovaginitis, causes of puberty disorders and of pelvic pain. It was concluded that the main reasons for going to the gynecologist were leukorrhea or vulvovaginitis, puberty disorders and pelvic pain, whereas the main cause of leukorrhea was bacterial vaginosis, puberty disorders resulted from premature thelarche, and pelvic pain was caused by giardiasis in most of the girls.

Keywords : GENITAL DISEASES FEMALE; LEUKORRHEA; VULVOVAGINITIS; MEDICAL CARE; GYNECOLOGY; CHILD; FEMALE; PUBERTY.

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