[Health problems of foreign adopted children in Spain].
BACKGROUND
We decided to assess the health problems of internationally adopted children in Spain.


METHODS
Retrospective study of 135 medical records from the Hospital Niño Jesus, Madrid. The prevalence of malnutrition, anemia, parasitosis and other acquired and congenital diseases was studied.


RESULTS
18.9% of children were considered completely healthy; 37.8% children had a single disease and 43.3% had two or more. 32.3% were found to have anemia, 30.2% parasitosis and 25.2% malnutrition.


CONCLUSIONS
The high morbidity figures observed in our study reinforces the need of special medical care in this group of children.
Sonego
Michela
M
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Madrid, España. michela@isciii.es
García Pérez
Jesús
J
Pereira Candel
Joaquín
J
D000300:Adoption; D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain; D014171:Transients and Migrants