[Etiology of chronic diarrhea in the elderly in Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati, Lima-Peru]. / "Etiología de la diarrea crónica en el adulto mayor del Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati-Lima-Perú: estudio retrospectivo 2005-2011".
Rev Gastroenterol Peru
; 32(4): 366-70, 2012.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The impact of chronic diarrhea in the elderly is disproportionate by several factors causing increased morbidity and mortality.OBJECTIVE:
To describe the main features about the chronic diarrhea in elderly patients from Edgardo Rebagliati Hospital (Lima-Peru) during the period January 2005 to December 2011,METHOD:
A descriptive and retrospective study in which we reviewed the medical records of elderly patients with the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea, pouring in a data collection sheet.RESULTS:
We reviewed the medical records of 202 patients. The mean age was 73.5 ± 6.7 years, with most women (57.43%). Major comorbidities were cardiovascular (60.4%) and endocrine (27.2%). The half time of illness was 21.6 ± 13.6 weeks. The most requested tests were CBC, biochemistry, albumin, coprofuncional, parasitological and colonoscopy. The most common type of diarrhea was the organic (84.16%). Among the main causes were found microscopic colitis (35.15%), parasites (15.84%), irritable bowel syndrome (14.85%) and bacterial overgrowth (8.42%).CONCLUSIONS:
The most common causes of chronic diarrhea in the elderly are microscopic colitis, parasites, irritable bowel syndrome and bacterial overgrowth.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Diarreia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Peru
Idioma:
Es
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article