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- Title
Cornea transplantation in Rio Grande do Norte: epidemiological and clinical aspects.
- Authors
Pereira Cruz, Giovanna Karinny; Ferreira Júnior, Marcos Antonio
- Abstract
Aim: To determine the clinical and epidemiological characteristics as well as the distribution of patients who underwent or are in the waiting list for corneal tissue transplantation in a main medical facility for the referred service in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Methods: An epidemiological, quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study comprising all the patients on the waiting list for transplantation (n=62 patients) and the ones who underwent corneal tissue transplant surgery (n=258) in a specialized health service center. Results: The profile of the patients presented differences in relation to gender and similarities in characteristics such as age, origin and condition indicator for transplantation. The "type of corneal disorder" variable stood out due to its statistical association with clinical and epidemiological variables. Conclusion: The clinical and epidemiological characterization of the population subject to cornea transplantation allows the identification and inference of possible risk factors for this procedure with a direct relation to their survival.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CHI-squared test; CORNEA diseases; CORNEAL transplantation; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; FISHER exact test; RESEARCH methodology; POSTOPERATIVE period; RESEARCH; SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry); TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SPECIALTY hospitals; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2016, Vol 15, p579
- ISSN
1676-4285
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17665/1676-4285.20165597