COMPLEXITY OF PEDIATRIC CHRONIC DISEASE: CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY WITH 16,237 PATIENTS FOLLOWED BY MULTIPLE MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess demographic data and characteristics of children and adolescents with pediatric chronic diseases (PCD), according to the number of specialties/patient. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study with 16,237 PCD patients at outpatient clinics in one year. Data wer...

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Main Authors: Caroline Gouveia Buff Passone, Sandra Josefina Grisi, Sylvia Costa Farhat, Thais Della Manna, Antonio Carlos Pastorino, Renata Antunes Alveno, Caroline Vasconcelos Sá Miranda, Aurora Rosaria Waetge, Mariana Nutti Cordon, Vicente Odone-Filho, Uenis Tannuri, Werther Brunow Carvalho, Magda Carneiro-Sampaio, Clovis Artur Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2019-11-01
Series:Revista Paulista de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-05822020000100402&tlng=en