Abstract

FERNANDEZ MACHIN, Luis Manuel et al. Úlcera gastroduodenal: problemática de la morbilidad. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2000, vol.16, n.5, pp.485-490. ISSN 0864-2125.

A descriptive and retrospective study was conducted in 4 family physician?s offices from the Plaza de la Revolución? Polyclinic to stress the main health problems affecting morbidity from peptic ulcer between January, 1996, and December, 1997. Males accounted for 65,7 % of the sample under study, whereas the highest prevalence was observed in the age groups 31-40 and 51-60. 42,1 % of the patients who had pathological family history of gastroduodenal disorders developed peptic ulcer.The duodenal localization was present in 77,1 % of the cases. Coffee was the most frequent of the toxic habits, followed by alcohol. Among the drugs taken by the patients, aspirin represented 17,1 % of the cases. The most used schemes of treatment were cimetidine and other drugs (74,3 %), the milk diets (65,7 %) and the antiacids (62,9 %). Endoscopy and radiology (40 %) associated with endoscopy were the most frequent methods used for diagnosing. Likewise, high digestive bleeding was the commonest complications (28,6 %)

Keywords : PEPTIC ULCER [epidemiology]; PEPTIC ULCER [etiology]; PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUGS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ENDOSCOPY [methods].

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