%0 Journal Article
%T A retrospective characterization study on patients with oral clefts in Medell赤n, Colombia, South America Un estudio retrospectivo de caracterizaci車n en pacientes con fisuras orales en Medell赤n, Colombia, Suram谷rica
%A Ana Mar赤a Cer車n Zapata
%A Ana Mar赤a L車pez Palacio
%A Gloria Mar赤a Aristiz芍bal Puerta
%A Carolina Uribe 芍lvarez
%J Revista Facultad de Odontolog赤a Universidad de Antioquia
%D 2010
%I Universidad de Antioquia
%X INTRODUCTION: the objective of this study was to make a clinical and epidemiological characterization of the patients with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) who consulted at the Children＊s Hospital Cl赤nica Noel Foundation of Medell赤n, Colombia, South America, between 1985 and 2003. METHODS: 919 clinical records were evaluated for a descriptive, longitudinal, retrospective study. A univariate statistical analysis was used for the qualitative variables, and descriptive measures for the quantitative ones. A two-variate statistical analysis was performed in order to determine the association among the qualitative variables with a significance level of 5%. RESULTS: 50.3% of the cases were classified as unilateral and 19.8% as bilateral. Among the unilateral ones, 59.0% were located at the left side and 41.3% at the right side. 3.4% presented cleft lip, 12.4% presented cleft palate, and 12.8% presented cleft soft palate. 1.2% of the sample did not present pathology classification. In terms of gender, males represented 48.0% and females 38.1%; no data was found in 13.9% of the cases. Concerning location, 87.3% of the patients came from the State of Antioquia. As for age at the time of admission to the institution, 44.3% of the children were less than thirty days old. Most parents were between nineteen and thirty years old. Most medical records did not show reports on the father or mother＊s family history, diseases during pregnancy or tobacco and alcohol consumption during pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS: this study evaluated the clinical records used at the Cl赤nica Noel Foundation. As a result, we recommend to homogenize the professionals who fill in the records and to standardize the instruments in order to generate reliable databases for future research. INTRODUCCI車N: el objetivo de este estudio consisti車 en caracterizar cl赤nica y epidemiol車gicamente pacientes con labio y/o paladar hendido (LPH) que consultaron el Hospital Infantil Cl赤nica Noel de Medell赤n, Colombia, entre 1985 y 2003. M谷TODOS: se evaluaron 919 historias cl赤nicas, para un estudio de tipo descriptivo, longitudinal y retrospectivo. Se realiz車 un an芍lisis univariado para las variables cualitativas, y medidas descriptivas para las variables cuantitativas. Se realiz車 an芍lisis bivariado para determinar la asociaci車n entre las variables cualitativas con un nivel de significancia del 5%. RESULTADOS: 50,3% de los casos fueron clasificados como unilaterales y 19,8% como bilaterales. Dentro de los unilaterales, el 59,0% se presentaron al lado izquierdo y el 41,3% al lado derecho. El 3,4% present車 labio hendido, el 1
%K labio
%K paladar hendido
%K caracterizaci車n epidemiol車gica
%K cleft lip and palate
%K epidemiological characterization
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