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- Title
Ethnically Disparate Disease Progression and Outcomes among Acute Rheumatic Fever Patients in New Zealand.
- Authors
J., Oliver
- Abstract
A retrospective analysis of 2182 patients aged <40 years who were hospitalised in New Zealand for acute rheumatic fever between 1989 and 2012 found that 13.6% had experienced progression to recurrent acute rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease or circulatory death by the end of 2015. After 26.8 years of theoretical follow-up, the probability of disease progression from acute rheumatic fever was 24% and the probability of death was 1%. However, progression occurred sooner and was more than twice as likely in Māori or Pasifika patients. Only 17.8% of 435 patients with rheumatic heart disease had previously been hospitalised for acute rheumatic fever. The authors argue that a national patient register could help to monitor, prevent and reduce acute rheumatic fever progression.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; DISEASE progression; RHEUMATIC fever; RHEUMATIC heart disease; HOSPITAL patients
- Publication
Maori Health Research Review, 2021, Issue 92, p1
- ISSN
1178-6191
- Publication type
Article