CARACTERÍSTICAS CLÍNICO EPIDEMIOLOGICAS DE LOS PACIENTES CON LEUCEMIA AGUDA DEL SERVICIO DE HEMATOLOGIA DEL HOSPITAL ALMANZOR AGUINAGA ASENJO

Abstract

Objective: To identify the organisms that conform the normal flora of the external auditory canal. Material and Methods: Retrospective, transversal and descriptive. We reviewed a total of 55 medical records with a diagnosis of acute leukemia, taken from the HNAAA registration office during the period from January 2005 to March 2010. Results: During the study period, 142 cases were diagnosed with Leukemia, 105 (73.94%) were acute leukemia. Of the 105 cases, 55 were evaluated. Of these 39 were males and 16 females. The most common age group was between 31-55 years (30.9%) and the least frequent was 0-2 years (3.6%). 38 patients (69.1%) were diagnosed as outpatients and 17 (30.9%) diagnosed in emergency. Acute lymphocytic leukemia is more common in men than in women. The type of acute leukemia was undetermined for 7.27%. Within the initial manifestations collected we found more anemia, pallor, fever, body aches, and others (gingival, abdominal pain and vomiting), whereas we found fewer asthenia, fatigue, and bleeding. For laboratory data, 20 patients (69.1%) had leukopenia, 33 patients (98.2%) had thrombocytopenia and 48 patients (87.3%) presented low hemoglobin. Conclusions: The prevalence of acute leukemia was 73.94%. The predominant age group was between 31-55 years. The most common signs and symptoms developed during the disease were, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, anemia, bruising and petechiae. (Horiz Med 2014; 14(1): 18-23)

Keywords

• Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
• acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
• oncology