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Revista Cubana de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular
On-line version ISSN 1682-0037
Abstract
SOSA VAZQUEZ., Onerys Ramón; CHIRINO DIAZ, Lázaro; TRIANA MANTILLA, María Eugenia and RODRIGUEZ VILLALONGA, Luis Enríquez. Characterization of the patients hospitalized due to phlebostatic ulcers. Rev Cubana Angiol Cir Vasc [online]. 2019, vol.20, n.3 Epub Nov 15, 2019. ISSN 1682-0037.
Introduction:
The ulcers in the lower limbs are related from the old times with the varicose veins; it is accepted that the same ones are a frequent illness and a serious problem of public health in the world, and the great majority is the result of chronic venous insufficiency.
Objective:
To characterize the patients hospitalized due to phlebostatic ulcers.
Methods: It was carried out an ambispective study in 81 patients admitted with the diagnosis of phlebostatic ulcers. The study variables were: age, sex, quantity of hospital admissions and hospital stay.
Results:
It was predominant in the 121 of the hospital admission: the female sex and people older than 60 years. 72.8% of the patients were admitted one time and 18.2% in more than one occasion. The hospital demurrage was of more than 21 days in 55.4% of the cases.
Conclusions:
The patients hospitalized due to phlebostatic ulcers are predominantly female elder people. It was possible to characterize the patients hospitalized with a low frequency of hospital re-admission and hospital demurrage.
Keywords : phlebostatic ulcers; venous ulcers; varicose ulcers; chronicle venous insufficiency.