PURPOSE: To identify the clinical findings of first attack in acute rheumatic fever (ARF), and to find a profile of its epidemiology. METHODS: Results of clinical manifestations, incidence, laboratory findings relative to a new cases of first attack in ARF were studied. Six hospitals in Porto Alegre area were involved in the surveillance, during 16 months between 1992 and 1993. RESULTS: Fifty-one cases with clinical manifestations were recorded: 40 (78.4%) cases with arthritis; 28 (56%) with carditis; 6 (11.8%) with Sydenhan's Chorea, 6 (11.8%) with erythema marginatum and 4 (7.8%) with subcutaneous nodes. CONCLUSION: Diagnostic criteria firstly described by Jones are still employed in the clinical diagnosis in ARF in a first attack and that remains the principal etiology of valvar heart disease in that city.
PURPOSE: To identify the clinical findings of first attack in acute rheumatic fever (ARF), and to find a profile of its epidemiology. METHODS: Results of clinical manifestations, incidence, laboratory findings relative to a new cases of first attack in ARF were studied. Six hospitals in Porto Alegre area were involved in the surveillance, during 16 months between 1992 and 1993. RESULTS: Fifty-one cases with clinical manifestations were recorded: 40 (78.4%) cases with arthritis; 28 (56%) with carditis; 6 (11.8%) with Sydenhan's Chorea, 6 (11.8%) with erythema marginatum and 4 (7.8%) with subcutaneous nodes. CONCLUSION: Diagnostic criteria firstly described by Jones are still employed in the clinical diagnosis in ARF in a first attack and that remains the principal etiology of valvar heart disease in that city.
Authors: Breno A F Pereira; Nilzio Antonio da Silva; Luis E C Andrade; Flavio S Lima; Fernanda C Gurian; Joaquim Caetano de Almeida Netto Journal: Indian J Pediatr Date: 2007-02 Impact factor: 1.967
Authors: André Mauricio S Fernandes; Felipe da Silva Pereira; Larissa Santana Bitencourt; Agnaldo Viana Pereira Neto; Gabriel Barreto Bastos; André Rodrigues Durães; Roque Aras; Igor Nogueira Lessa Journal: Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc Date: 2014 Oct-Dec