[Emergencies in patients with Chagas' disease in Buenos Aires city, Argentina].
The objective of this work was to evaluate the most frequent causes of emergency in patients with Chagas disease. Between January 1998-January 1999, individuals with Chagas disease inside the shock-room of Santojanni Hospital in Buenos Aires city, were included in a prospective study. For the statistical analysis, X  test with Yates correction has been used. From a total of 1.680 patients entered, there were 95 (6%) with reactive serology for Chagas disease. In 31 individuals the enter cause was syncope, in 28 cardiac insufficiency, in 18 acute coronary events, in 5 stroke, in 3 acute edema of hypertensive lung and in 2 acute encephalitis associated to AIDS. In conclusion, significant association has been observed between: 1) presence of cardiopathy and hospitalization, 2) cardiac insufficiency, syncope, acute encephalitis and mortality, 3) cardiopathy development and mortality and 4) origin place and mortality.
Auger
Sergio
S
Hospital Público General de Agudos Francisco Santojanni, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Storino
Rubén
R
Iglesias Ordoñez
Oscar
O
Urrutia
María Inés
MI
Sanmartino
Mariana
M
Romero
Dardo
D
Jörg
Miguel
M
D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004630:Emergencies / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014505:Urban Population