Introduction: The objective of the study was to analyze the clinical and evolutionary characteristics of the patients admitted to a specific hospitalization room for leprosy at the Hospital Rural of Gambo
Methods: Retrospective data collection of patients admitted for leprosy using the admission logbooks from September 2002 to September 2016 at the General Rural Hospital of Gambo.
Results: During the study period, there were 2,134 admissions in the leprosy ward; there were 1,386 (64.9%) men, the ratio of admissions for men / women was 1.9. One hundred and eighty patients (8.4%) were 18 years or younger. The number of new cases was 287 (13.4%) compared to the old cases, 1,847 (86.6%). One thousand seven hundred and eighty four patients presented multibacillary leprosy (83.6%). The main diagnosis during admission was neuropathic skin ulcers (n = 1280; 60%). Other diagnoses in order of frequency were leprosy reactions (n = 305, 14.3%) and neuropathy (n = 132, 6.2%). The median hospital stay was 58 days (interquartile range: 31-96.5). The majority of the patients recovered satisfactorily at the 1822 discharge (84.9%). Mortality was low 1.7%.
Conclusions: The majority of the patients were men, who entered the course of the disease (in treatment or old lepers), most of them adults and mainly ulcerations.
Introduction: The objective of the study was to analyze the clinical and evolutionary characteristics of the patients admitted to a specific hospitalization room for leprosy at the Hospital Rural of Gambo
Methods: Retrospective data collection of patients admitted for leprosy using the admission logbooks from September 2002 to September 2016 at the General Rural Hospital of Gambo.
Results: During the study period, there were 2,134 admissions in the leprosy ward; there were 1,386 (64.9%) men, the ratio of admissions for men / women was 1.9. One hundred and eighty patients (8.4%) were 18 years or younger. The number of new cases was 287 (13.4%) compared to the old cases, 1,847 (86.6%). One thousand seven hundred and eighty four patients presented multibacillary leprosy (83.6%). The main diagnosis during admission was neuropathic skin ulcers (n = 1280; 60%). Other diagnoses in order of frequency were leprosy reactions (n = 305, 14.3%) and neuropathy (n = 132, 6.2%). The median hospital stay was 58 days (interquartile range: 31-96.5). The majority of the patients recovered satisfactorily at the 1822 discharge (84.9%). Mortality was low 1.7%.
Conclusions: The majority of the patients were men, who entered the course of the disease (in treatment or old lepers), most of them adults and mainly ulcerations.