title: [Emergencies in patients with Chagas' disease in Buenos Aires city, Argentina].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Público General de Agudos Francisco Santojanni, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Auger
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Storino
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Iglesias Ordoñez
authors.forename: María Inés
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Urrutia
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanmartino
authors.forename: Dardo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jörg
mesh_terms: 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