Giriş: Çocuk endokrinolojisi polikliniklerine başvuran çocukların tanısal dağılımı ve klinik özellikleri, hizmet verilen bölgenin sosyoekonomik yapısına göre farklılıklar gösterebilmektedir. Hasta profillerinin saptanması, hizmet verimliliğinin artırılması ve bölgesel eğitim faaliyetlerinin planlanmasında yol gösterici olacaktır. Bu çalışma ile hastanemiz çocuk endokrinolojisi kliniğine başvuran çocukların klinik özelliklerinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır.Hastalar ve yöntem: Bu çalışmada, 01 Nisan – 30 Haziran 2010 tarihleri arasında hastanemiz çocuk endokrinolojisi polikliniğine ilk kez başvuran 480 çocuk yer aldı. Olguların başvuru nedenleri, yönlendiren birimler, başvuru ve muayene arasında geçen zaman, ebeveynlerin sosyodemografik özellikleri ve çocuk endokrinolojisi konusunda bilgi kaynakları standart anket formları kullanılarak değerlendirildi. Hastaların altı aylık izlemi sonucunda aldıkları tanılar kaydedildi.Bulgular: Başvuruların 218’i (%45.4) erkek, 262’si (%54.6) kız ve ortalama yaşlarının 8,4±4,8 yıl (0–24 yıl) olduğu saptandı. En sık başvuru nedeninin boy kısalığı (%19.6), kilo fazlalığı (%18.8), erken ergenlik kaygısı (%18.8) ve tiroid hastalığı şüphesi (%16.6) olduğu gözlendi. Olguların endokrin hastalık kuşkusu nedeniyle polikliniğimize %89.1 oranında bir sağlık personeli, sıklıkla da bir çocuk hekimi (%74.6) tarafından yönlendirildiği öğrenildi. Başvuruların % 22.9’unda endokrin sorun saptanmadı. Endokrin patolojisi olan hastaların sırası ile 95’i (%25.7) obezite, 71’i (%19.2) büyüme geriliği ve boy kısalığı, 70’i (%18.9) puberte bozuklukları, 47’si (%12.7) tiroid bezi hastalığı ve 24’ü (%6.5) kemik metabolizma bozukluğu tanısı aldığı saptandı.Sonuç: Boy kısalığı, kilo fazlalığı, erken ergenlik kaygısı ve tiroid hastalığı şüphesi çocuk endokrinolojisi polikliniğine başvuruların yaklaşık dörtte üçünü oluşturmaktadır. Bu çalışmada başvuran olguların yaklaşık beşte birinde herhangi bir endokrin bozukluğun olmadığı, en sık başvuru nedeninin boy kısalığı, en sık saptanan endokrin hastalığın ise obezite olduğu görüldü.
Objective: Patient characteristics and disease distribution is variable regarding children who have been referred to pediatric endocrinology clinics, possibly due to the sociodemographic properties of the population being served. Therefore determination of certain characteristics of patients will lead to improved outpatient services and will help to define the context of local education programs for pediatricians. In this study, our aim was not only to define certain characteristics of the population who are referred our pediatric endocrinology clinic but our applications as well.Patients and methods: In this cohort, 480 children who have been admitted to pediatric endocrinology department of our hospital between 01 April - 30 June 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. Complaints of the patients , the source of knowledge about pediatric endocrinology, the elapsed time between admission and examination and the parents’ socio-demographic characteristics were assessed with standard questionnaires. Their final diagnoses after six months of follow up were recorded. Results: Of the 480 admissions, 218 (45.4%) were male, 262 (54.6%) were female, and the mean age was 8.4 ± 4.8 years (between 0-24 years). The most common causes of applications admissions were short stature (19.6%), being overweight (18.8%), anxiety about precocious puberty (18.8%), and suspicion of thyroid disease (16.6%). Most children were referred by health care professionals (89.1%), especially by pediatricians (74.6%). A hundred and ten (22.9%) of admissions had no detected endocrine abnormality after six months of follow up. The distribution of patients who had an endocrine pathology was as follows: 95 patients (25.7%) had obesity, 71 (19.2%) had growth retardation and short stature, 70 (18.9%) had pubertal disorders, 47 (12.7%) had thyroid gland diseases and 24 (6.5%) had disorders of bone metabolism.Conclusions: Short stature, obesity, suspicion of precocious puberty and thyroid disease made up of about three quarters of admissions of pediatric endocrinology outpatient clinic. In this study, approximately one fifth of children who had been referred by a health professional had no endocrine disorder. The most common compliant was short stature, and obesity was the most frequent endocrine disease in our patient group
Other ID | JA95HR72TC |
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Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | June 1, 2011 |
Submission Date | June 1, 2011 |
Published in Issue | Year 2011 Volume: 5 Issue: 3 |
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