Abstract

SUAREZ BORGES, Maribel et al. Clinical endoscopical and histological characterization of digestive disorders in adolescents. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.3, pp.356-360. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 29 adolescents (from 10 to 19 years) with gastropathies, diagnosed by means of the higher digestive tract endoscopy and by the result of biopsy, who were assisted in the Gastroenterology Department of "Alberto Nito Ortega" Northern Polyclinic in Palma Soriano municipality, Santiago de Cuba was carried out from January, 2012 to June, 2013, aimed at characterizing the disease from the clinical, endoscopic and histological points of view, for which the variables: age, sex, predominant signs and symptoms, risk factors and definitive diagnosis were considered. The results of the case material were organized in frequency distributions, with the use of the central tendency and dispersion measures to summarize the quantitative variables, and the percentage for the qualitative variables; also, the male sex, the adolescents from 14 to 16 years, the consumers of non-drinking water and of alcoholic drinks, as well as the diagnoses of pan erosive erythematous gastritis, antral chronic gastritis and Helicobacter pylori prevailed

Keywords : gastric disorders; adolescence; endoscopy of the higher digestive tract; Helicobacter pylori; Gastroenterology Department; primary health care.

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