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Most Frequent Pediatric Diseases In An International Airport In Mexico, Augusto Figueroa Uribe, Inti Bocanegra Cedillon, Julia Hernández Ramírez, Maribel Mújica Hernández, Viridiana Cruz Laureano
Most Frequent Pediatric Diseases In An International Airport In Mexico, Augusto Figueroa Uribe, Inti Bocanegra Cedillon, Julia Hernández Ramírez, Maribel Mújica Hernández, Viridiana Cruz Laureano
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
The frequency in which people travel internationally increases the potential for transmission of infectious diseases. The main causes of disease in children and adolescents vary according to the age group. Prevention is the most important action to take in public health, as it cannot be carried out if the diseases are not detected in a timely manner. The purpose of this study was to identify the most frequent pediatric diseases in the Emergency Medical Service of an international airport in Mexico. The study was observational, descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional. It is concluded that diseases of digestive (presumed infectious gastroenteritis) and …
Clinical Spectrum Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus In Children. Case Report., Consuelo Luna-Muñoz, Giuliana Reyes-Florián, Martín Seminario-Aliaga, Sandra Mendoza-Cernaqué
Clinical Spectrum Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus In Children. Case Report., Consuelo Luna-Muñoz, Giuliana Reyes-Florián, Martín Seminario-Aliaga, Sandra Mendoza-Cernaqué
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease with multisystem involvement, an alternating clinical course, and which constitutes a diagnostic challenge, with a greater disease activity in the pediatric age group, which also darkens its prognosis. In this article, we report the case of a ten year old female patient who debuted with systemic lupus erythematosus with gastrointestinal, renal and hematological involvement; the chronic course coupled with the varied clinical spectrum suggested the diagnostic possibility.