Background: Rheumatologic diseases are the most prevalent diseases
orldwide. About one-third of physical disabilities in elderly are due to
heumatologic etiological disorders as a primary cause. They are one of the
main causes of disability and morbidity all over the world with great impact
on the quality of life.
Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the profiles of rheumatic
diseases of the admitted patients to Assiut University hospital and to
compare them with that of non-Arabic countries.
Material and Methods: Descriptive study of 939 patients with
heumatologic diseases during the period study (from January 2011 and
April 2014). Diagnosis of the patients was done after fulfilling ACR/EULAR
diagnostic criteria of each disease and required investigations were also
done for verifying related diagnosis.
Results: The total number of patients was 939, with (79.1%) female
predominance. Age ranged from 7-79 years with a mean ± SD 38 ±15.32.
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) was presented in 36.8%, Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus (SLE) in 14.3%, Crystal Arthropathy in 11.7%, Seronegative
Spondyloarthropathy (SpA) in 10.3%, Behçet disease (BD) in 8.3%, Juvenile
Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in 6.4%, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) in 5.8%, Overlap
Syndrome in 2.9%, Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) in 0.3% and Adult
onset Still`s Disease in 0.3%.
Conclusion: Rheumatoid arthritis was the most common rheumatologic
disease followed by Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in admitted patients
of the Rheumatology, Rehabilitation, and Physical Medicine Department,
Assiut University hospital.
قسم البحث
مجلة البحث
Research & Reviews: Neuroscience
المشارك في البحث
الناشر
Research & Reviews
تصنيف البحث
1
عدد البحث
Volume 1 | Issue 1
موقع البحث
http://www.rroij.com/archive/neuroscience-volume-1-issue-1-year-2017.html
سنة البحث
2016
صفحات البحث
6-14
ملخص البحث