“Caracterización de pacientes con Colitis Ulcerativa en el Servicio de Gastroenterología del Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo en el período 2013-2018”

Abstract

Objective: To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with ulcerative colitis assisted by the Gastroenterology Service of the Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo during the period 2013-2018. Materials and methods: A retrospective, epidemiological and Transversal study was conducted, which included 81 patients (46 women and 35 men) between 18 and 90 years with definitive diagnosis of ulcerative colitis over a five-year period and have been attended by the HTMC Gastroenterology Service. The statistical analysis was descriptive and the SPSS24 statistical program was used. Results: The highest number of cases was found in the age group between 30 to 59 years (65.4%) and in those from urban areas (85.2%). There were no significant differences with respect to the incidence of the disease in relation to sex. The most frequent signs and symptoms were abdominal pain (96.3%), diarrhea (97.5) and bloody stools (87.7%). The degree of moderate activity was the most frequent clinically in 70.3% of the cases (40.7% women and 29.6% men). The extent of the disease with the highest number of cases was the left colitis (35.8%) and pancolitis (35.8%), both were more frequently in the age group between 30 to 59 years. The mesalazine was the drug most used (87.7%) cases. The surgical treatment was only necessary in 3.7% of patients. Conclusions: This cohort presented a higher number of patients in the age group between 30 to 59 years, with a degree of moderate activity and with an extension greater than level of left colitis and pancolitis. However, showed low requirement of surgery, low occurrence of cancer and mortality.