Rheumatic fever: incidence in Pinar del Rio from 1986 to 1996

Authors

  • Raimundo López Rodríguez Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente " León Cuervo Rubio", Pinar del Río.
  • José A. González Rodríguez
  • Orlando Martínez Hernández
  • Fidel Manuel Cáceres Lóriga
  • Porfirio Nordet Cardona
  • Alberto Hernández Cañero

Keywords:

RHEUMATIC FEVER, RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE.

Abstract

The incidence of acute rheumatic fever from 1986 was studied among the habitual residents of the province of Pinar del Rio aged 5-25. All those patients who probably suffered from the disease (codes 390-398, 421-428, 710 and 710-715) and were hospitalized during that period were registered. The criteria of Jones were modified and applied to verity the diagnosis. The incidence rates decreases as time went by: in 1986 it was 18.6 x 100 000 inhabitants (12.2 for a first attack and 6.4 for recurrences) and in 1996 it was 2.5 x 100 000 inhabitants (2.1 for a first attack and 0.4 for recurrence). A reduction was also observed smong those with sequelas on discharge due to the fact that the magnitude of the disease. diminished.

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Author Biography

Raimundo López Rodríguez, Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente " León Cuervo Rubio", Pinar del Río.

Especialista de II Grado en Cardiología. Profesor Auxiliar.

Published

2014-03-18

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López Rodríguez R, González Rodríguez JA, Martínez Hernández O, Cáceres Lóriga FM, Nordet Cardona P, Hernández Cañero A. Rheumatic fever: incidence in Pinar del Rio from 1986 to 1996. Rev. cuba. cardiol. cir. cardiovasc. [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 18 [cited 2025 Feb. 12];13(2). Available from: https://revcardiologia.sld.cu/index.php/revcardiologia/article/view/451

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