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Pediatric chronic patients at outpatient clinics: a study in a Latin American University Hospital

To describe the characteristics of children and adolescentes with chronic diseases of outpatient clinics at a tertiary university hospital. A cross-sectional study was performed with 16,237 patients with chronic diseases followed-up in one year. The data were collected through the electronic system,...

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Published in:Jornal de pediatria 2018-09, Vol.94 (5), p.539-545
Main Authors: Alveno, Renata A., Miranda, Caroline V., Passone, Caroline G., Waetge, Aurora R., Hojo, Elza S., Farhat, Sylvia C.L., Odone-Filho, Vicente, Tannuri, Uenis, Carvalho, Werther B., Carneiro-Sampaio, Magda, Silva, Clovis A.
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Summary:To describe the characteristics of children and adolescentes with chronic diseases of outpatient clinics at a tertiary university hospital. A cross-sectional study was performed with 16,237 patients with chronic diseases followed-up in one year. The data were collected through the electronic system, according to the number of physician appointments in 23 pediatric specialties. Patients were divided in two groups: children (0–9 years) and adolescents (10–19 years). Early (10–14 years) and late (15–19 years) adolescent groups were also analyzed. Of the total sample, 56% were children and 46% were adolescents. The frequencies of following pediatric specialties were significantly higher in adolescents when compared with children: cardiology, endocrinology, hematology, nephrology/renal transplantation, neurology, nutrology, oncology, palliative and pain care, psychiatry, and rheumatology (p
ISSN:0021-7557
1678-4782
1678-4782
DOI:10.1016/j.jped.2017.07.014