[Prevalence of digestive symptoms in normal adult women and its association with cholelithiasis].
The aim of this work was to study the prevalence of biliary diseases and digestive symptoms in normal adult women. Four hundred nineteen women were chosen; of these 145 were discarded due to previous gastrointestinal diseases (20), previous gastrointestinal complaints (38) and previous cholecystectomy (85). Two hundred seventy six women were subjected to abdominal ultrasound examination; of these 53 had cholelithiasis and in three a gallbladder cancer was suspected (and confirmed by surgery). Considering women with previous cholecystectomy, cholelithiasis and gallbladder cancer, a 33.6% prevalence of biliary diseases can be inferred. An interrogation about gastrointestinal symptoms was performed to women subjected to ultrasound examinations, by 2 professionals unaware of ultrasound results. A high frequency of pyrosis, food intolerance and constipation was found, not observing differences between women with or without cholelithiasis. However, these last women had a higher frequency of upper abdominal pain. Both groups had also a high rate of previous surgical procedures.
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Departamento de Cirugía, y Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de-Chile, Santiago de Chile.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006356:Heartburn / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies
Prevalencia de síntomas digestivos en mujeres adultas normales y su asociación a la litiasis biliar.