Frecuencia, características clínico-demográficas y complicaciones de los pacientes con tirotoxicosis, atendidos en consulta externa del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso en el periodo noviembre 2014 – octubre 2015

Abstract

Background: In the world millions of people suffer from thyroid disorders. Hyperthyroidism affects 1.9% of the female population and 0.2% of the males, associating itself with complications and comorbidities. Objective: To determine the frequency, demographic-clinic characteristics and complications of the patients with thyrotoxicosis in our environment.

Methodological Design: A descriptive, observational and retrospective study was done by using a method of signing in 162 patients over 18 years of age that were diagnosed with thyrotoxicosis, data (information) were obtained from clinical history, through an application form. The programs that were used to process all this data were Excel 2013 and SPSS version 22. These are all presented on the boards. Results: 1.6% of the patients were diagnosed with thyrotoxicosis in Vicente Corral Hospital, from November 2014 to October 2015. The medium of age was 44.59 year old, with prevalence of females at 80.9%. The majority originated from the sierra with 88%. In only 8.6% of the patients, this was caused due to smoking. The most frequent symptom was weight loss with 59.3%. The most common sign was goiter with 59.9%, the main cause, Graves’ disease with 69.1%, more frequent on females with 54.3%, at the age of 31 – 40 years old 17.9%. The main treatment used is the pharmacological in 90.7% of the cases. The neuropsychiatric complications have more frequency with a 41.4%. Conclusions: There is a high frequency of thyrotoxicosis, more often in females in a reproductive age, its main etiology is Graves’ disease and main pharmacological treatment.