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Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the city of Antofagasta. Patients and Methods: Teachers and parents of 640 children (290 boys and 350 girls) between 6 and 11 years, from public, subsidized and private schools were evaluated through the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale-IV [ADHD-RS IV]. Results: Utilizing the ADHD Scale independently, the prevalence ranged between 5 percent and 15 percent depending on the informant. This number decreased to 2 percent when the criteria were required both at home and school environments. Conclusion: In our population the prevalence of ADHD is highest in boys 6 to 8 years of age, being the combined disorder the most common subtype found in this group.
Objetivo: Describir la prevalencia encontrada del Trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad en la ciudad de Antofagasta. Método: A través de las Escalas Attention Deficit Hiperactivity Disorder Rating Scale-IV [ADHD RS-IV] fueron evaluados apoderados y profesores de 640 niños (290 niños y 350 niñas) entre 6 y 11 años, provenientes de establecimientos educacionales públicos, subvencionados y privados. Resultados: Se encuentran prevalencias que oscilan entre un 5 por ciento a un 15 por ciento dependiendo del informante, las cuales disminuyen a un 2 por ciento considerando criterios cumplidos en dos ambientes. Existen diferencias significativas entre hombres y mujeres, así como entre rangos de edad. Conclusión: La prevalencia estimada de TDAH es mayor en hombres entre 6 a 8 a±os, siendo el subtipo más frecuente el combinado.
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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Criança , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Transtorno do Deficit de Atenção com Hiperatividade/epidemiologia , Distribuição por Idade e Sexo , Chile/epidemiologia , Prevalência , Psicometria , EstudantesRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Morbidly obese subjects have a high incidence of complications. The poor results of dietary treatments, has prompted the search of new therapies for obesity and among these, surgical procedures. AIM: To report the long term results of horizontal gastroplasty with Roux en Y anastomosis in morbidly obese subjects. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty patients with an initial body mass index of 41.3 +/- 6 kg/m2 have been subjected to a horizontal gastroplasty with Roux en Y anastomosis. During the study period, surgical techniques were modified, reducing the gastric pouch size, adding a truncal vagotomy, cholecystectomy, and increasing the length of the Roux en Y loop from 70 to 100 cm. Twenty five patients have been followed for two years. RESULTS: There was no operative mortality and one patient had an anastomotic leak that required 35 days of hospitalization. During follow up, in one patient, the stapled suture line loosened. After two years of follow up, weight decreased from 112 +/- 19 to 77.2 +/- 14 kg. CONCLUSIONS: Horizontal gastroplasty with Roux en Y anastomosis achieved an adequate weight loss with a low rate of complications in this group of morbidly obese subjects.
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Anastomose em-Y de Roux , Gastroplastia/métodos , Obesidade Mórbida/cirurgia , Adolescente , Adulto , Índice de Massa Corporal , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of patients with short segments of intestinal metaplasia in the distal esophagus, has increased in recent years. AIM: To assess the clinical, pathological and functional features of patients with esophageal intestinal metaplasia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A prospective study was performed in 95 control subjects, 115 patients with cardial intestinal metaplasia and 89 patients with short Barret esophagus with intestinal metaplasia. All had clinical and endoscopic assessments, esophageal manometry and determination of 24 h esophageal exposure to acid and duodenal content. RESULTS: Control patients were younger and, in this group, the pathological findings in the mucosa distal to the squamous-columnar change, showed a preponderance of fundic over cardial mucosa. In patients with intestinal metaplasia and short Barret esophagus, there was only cardial mucosa, that is the place where intestinal metaplasia implants. Low grade dysplasia was only seen in the presence of intestinal metaplasia. Gastroesophageal sphincter pressure decreased and gastric and duodenal reflux increased along with increases in the extension of intestinal metaplasia. CONCLUSIONS: These findings confirm the need to obtain multiple biopsies from the squamous-columnar mucosal junction in all patients with gastroesophageal reflux symptoms, for the detection of early pathological changes of Barret esophagus and eventual dysplasia.