title: [Patterns of rare congenital diseases in patients admitted to a regional hospital].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To describe the pattern of patients admitted due to rare diseases corresponding to congenital anomalies in a regional hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective transversal study. We considered hospital discharges for the years 2009-2012 with principal diagnosis between codes CIE 9R MC 740-759. The source of information was the Basic Minimum Data Set. Socio-demographic and clinical variables were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One point six percent (1.6%) of the population was admitted to hospital due to rare congenital diseases. Fifty-eight point five percent (58.5%) were male, with average age 21.4 ± 21.5 years. The major diagnostic categories were: diseases of the nervous system (86.9%), circulatory systems diseases (51.7%) and musculoskeletal system diseases (50.3%). Eighteen percent (18%) of hospital admissions corresponded to patient readmissions. The service with the greatest number of episodes was Pediatric Surgery, 29%, followed by Neurosurgery, 20%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The pattern of rare congenital disease in the "Virgen de Nieves" University Hospital corresponds to a young patient, with a disease belonging to the diseases of the nervous system group of the major diagnostic categories, treated surgically, and with a low percentage of readmissions.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Documentación Clínica y Archivo, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada. carmen.martinez.cirre.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Martínez Cirre
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Del Águila
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández Valdivia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peña Taveras
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez Tapias
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult