Abstract

SANCHEZ-DUQUE, Jorge A.. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with Haemophilia from coffee region, Colombia. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2017, vol.20, n.2, pp.15-20. ISSN 2077-3323.

INTRODUCTION: Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder, linked to the X chromosome, with an estimated prevalence of 8,4 cases of hemophilia A and 2.7 cases of hemophilia B per 100 000 men. OBJETIVE: To describe sociodemographic, clinical characteristics and perception of the effect of the pathology in the patient. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with patients diagnosed with hemophilia. The required information was extracted from each patient's medical history, additionally, each patient completed a questionnaire to update the clinical and epidemiological information. The analysis was realized in Stata version 14®. RESULTS: From the 48 patients included in the study, 97,9% have type A hemophilia, of whom 12,5%, 43,8% and 41,7% are mild, moderate and severe respectively. 35% of patients with severe hemophilia have developed antibodies against factor VIII. 66% of patients presented some manifestation of the disease in the last six months and 61,7% had a negative impact on some aspect of their life. CONCLUSION: Factors associated with a higher dose requirement of factor for pathology control were antecedent bleeding, increased age and inhibitor development. Patients with severe hemophilia had development inhibitors in 30%, compared to moderate and mild with 3 and 0.3%, respectively.

Keywords : Hemophilia; factor VIII deficiency; factor IX deficiency; joint instability; Colombia.

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