Aspiración pulmonar en niños: cuantificación de macrófagos alveolar cargados de lípidos / Pulmonary aspiration in children: quantification of lipid laden alveolar macrophages
Rev. méd. Chile
; 125(2): 191-4, feb. 1997. tab
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em Espanhol
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| ID: lil-194817
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RESUMO
The search for lipid laden macrophages in sputum could be a simple diagnosis method for pulmonary aspiration. To assess the usefulness of sputum lipid laden macrophages in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspiration, 16 children aged 0 to 4 years old, admitted with aspiration pneumonia were studied. The diagnosis was based on clinical grounds (vomiting or radiologically diagnosed swallowing abnormalities plus persistent pulmonary condensations) or radionucleide milk scanning. As controls, 6 children of 1 to 5 years old, admitted for elective tonsillectomy, were studied. Sputum was stained with Sudan III-Hematoxylin, 100 macrophages were read and each cell received a score from 0 to 4 according to the degree of ataining. Lipid laden macrophages of children with aspiration pneumonia had a mean score of 150ñ107 (8-323) compared with those of controls that had a score of 1.3ñ1.5 (0-4). The study of sputum lipid laden macrophages may be a useful diagnostic method for aspiration pneumonia
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Problema de saúde:
Pneumonía
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Aspirativa
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Macrófagos Alveolares
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Lipídeos
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
Limite:
Criança, pré-escolar
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Lactente
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Masculino
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Artigo