Description of the Epidemiological Profile of Patients Attended at the Uveitis Outpatient Clinic of the Hospital de Clínicas da Unicamp
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Purpose
To characterize and analyze data from patients at the Uveitis Outpatient Clinic of the Hospital de Clínicas da UNICAMP. This is an epidemiological, observational, cross-sectional, single-center study.
Methods
Data was collected from the ophthalmologic evaluation records of patients seen at the uveitis outpatient clinic between April and September 2023.
Results
A total of 378 medical records were analyzed, ranging in age from 2 to 87 years.We found 94 cases of anterior uveitis (24.9%), 35 cases of intermediate uveitis (9.3%), 126 cases of posterior uveitis (33.3%), 72 cases of diffuse uveitis (19%), 35 cases of scleritis (9.3%), 30 cases of vasculitis (7.9%), 11 cases of neuritis (2.9%). When assessing the etiological diagnosis, 118 cases of infectious origin were identified (31.2%), 129 of non-infectious etiology (34.1%), 29 related exclusively to ocular causes (7.7%).
The most frequent causes were toxoplasmosis in 18.52% of cases (70 patients), Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in 10.32% (39 cases), Behcet's disease in 7.14% (27 cases), spondyloarthritis in 6.61% (25 cases) and tuberculosis in 5.03% (19 cases).
Conclusion
The most common anatomical diagnosis was posterior involvement. There was a high incidence of diffuse uveitis, which reflects the severity of the cases seen at the service. In the etiological analysis, there was a similar frequency of infectious agents and immune-mediated etiologies.
Knowledge of the epidemiological profile brings substantial benefits; understanding case patterns allows specific strategies to be drawn up and encourages research focused on the most prevalent diseases, and aims to improve care and treatment.
Conflict of interest
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1
Last name
MARETTI SCOMPARIN
Initials of first name(s)
L
Department
Ophtalmology
City
Campinas- SP
Country
Brazil
2
Last name
Reis
Initials of first name(s)
R
Department
Ophtalmology
City
Campinas- SP
Country
Brazil
3
Last name
Abujamra Nascimento
Initials of first name(s)
M
Department
Ophtalmology
City
Campinas - SP
Country
Brazil
4
Last name
Mazzo Miorim
Initials of first name(s)
I
Department
Ophtalmology
City
Campinas- SP
Country
Brazil
5
Last name
Gasparini
Initials of first name(s)
M
Department
Ophtalmology
City
Campinas- SP
Country
Brazil
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