Perforated ulcer post financial crisis 2002: increased incidence at Hospital Pasteur
Ulcera perforada post crisis financiera 2002: aumento de incidencia en el Hospital Pasteur
Resumen:
The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate theintensification of perforated gastroduodenal ulcersand its connection with social and economic factors.With this aim in view, the authors proceededto analyze the frequency of this pathology withinthe last 40 monts with a view to establish how itwas linked to the evolution of social and economicfactors arising from the financia/ crisis which occurredin 2002.Eighty-six patients were operated from January 2000through April 2003, their mean age being 49 (16-84); 70 of them (81,4%) men. lncrease in 2002indicated a marked upsurge of 83,35% as camparedto 2001 which was statistically significant.Thirty six percent of the patients had no previoushistory with these symptoms and consequently theperforation marked the onset of u/cer pathology.The negative trend of mu/tiple social and economicindicators during the same period shows, onthe basis of existing literature on this subject, thatthere is a cause and effect relationship involved.
Con el objetivo de demostrar el aumento de la incidenciade úlcera gastroduodenal perforada en el· Hospital Pasteur y su relación con factores socio económicos, se analizó la frecuencia de esta pa-to/ogía en los últimos 40 meses, así como la evoluciónde los indicadores socio-económicos quesobrevinieron a partir de la crisis financiera del año2002.Se operaron 86 pacientes desde 1/2000 hasta 4/2003, 70 (81,4%) hombres, con una edad promediode 49 (16-84), destacando un aumento del83, 35% en el año 2002, respecto del año anterior,lo cual resultó ser estadísticamente significativo.El 36,5% de los pacientes no presentaba síntomasprevios, siendo la perforación el debut de suenfermedad ulcerosa.Se muestra la tendencia negativa de múltiples indicadoressocioeconómicos en la misma fecha ybasados en la literatura sobre el tema, se demuestrauna relación causal entre ambos.
2004 | |
úlcera péptica perforada Peptic ulcer perforation |
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Español | |
Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay | |
Revista Cirugía del Uruguay | |
https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/4510 | |
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Sumario: | The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate theintensification of perforated gastroduodenal ulcersand its connection with social and economic factors.With this aim in view, the authors proceededto analyze the frequency of this pathology withinthe last 40 monts with a view to establish how itwas linked to the evolution of social and economicfactors arising from the financia/ crisis which occurredin 2002.Eighty-six patients were operated from January 2000through April 2003, their mean age being 49 (16-84); 70 of them (81,4%) men. lncrease in 2002indicated a marked upsurge of 83,35% as camparedto 2001 which was statistically significant.Thirty six percent of the patients had no previoushistory with these symptoms and consequently theperforation marked the onset of u/cer pathology.The negative trend of mu/tiple social and economicindicators during the same period shows, onthe basis of existing literature on this subject, thatthere is a cause and effect relationship involved. |
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