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Título: | Fulminant acute hepatitis in pediatrics in Latin America and the Caribbean |
Autor: | COLLETI JUNIOR, Jose; CAINO, Felipe Rezende; TEIXEIRA, Rafael; CARVALHO, Werther Brunow de |
Citación: | REVISTA DA ASSOCIACAO MEDICA BRASILEIRA, v.65, n.6, p.914-921, 2019 |
Resumen: | OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review was to investigate the epidemiology of Fulminant Acute Hepatitis in Latin America and the Caribbean and identify possible measures aimed at a better understanding and improvement of patient support. METHODS: We used 3 different researchers to investigate the topic of Fulminant Acute Hepatitis in pediatrics in papers published by Latin American and Caribbean authors in the PubMed and SciELO databases from 2000 to 2016. RESULTS: We found 2,879 articles in the databases searched. After selecting and excluding articles according to the study protocol, 68 remaining studies were obtained for analysis. A total of 1,265 cases of acute fulminant hepatitis were detected, with a predominance of females (42.9%), followed by males (39.4%), with no description of sex in 17.7% of the cases. The main cause was viral hepatitis, representing 45.1% of the cases. The hepatitis A virus was responsible for 34.7% of the total cases and 76.9% of the infectious causes. Of the total number of patients, 26.9% were described as idiopathic, and 11.5% had no cause. CONCLUSION: The preventable causes of Fulminant Acute Hepatitis include hepatitis viruses - primarily the hepatitis A virus - and poisoning. Active vaccination, basic sanitation, and public awareness can reduce the number of patients and, consequently, the costs of liver transplantation due to these causes. |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - FM/MPE Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - LIM/36 Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - ODS/03 Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - ODS/06 |
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