IDENTIFICATION OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH SHORT STATURE IN WESTERN PARANÁ

Abstract

Child growth represents a fundamental parameter for assessing the health status of children and adolescents, because if there are disturbances in physical development, it is understood that there has been a failure in some stage of care directed at them. Growth is determined by several factors, both genetic and environmental, a fact that makes the dynamics of the process even more relevant. An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out with the collection of primary and secondary data. To carry out this research, data were collected from the medical records of 46 patients with the diagnosis of short stature being followed up or being treated at the CISOP pediatric endocrinology outpatient clinic. Group A consisted of 14 patients, who received prenatal care throughout their intrauterine life, who were directed to part of the research aimed at collecting information based on the resolution of a questionnaire, which was answered by their legal guardians of the patient. Group B consisted of 32 patients who were directed to collect information based on the collection of data from their medical records. In the groups studied, intrinsic causes prevailed as the cause of short stature, being present in 26 patients, of which 9 had GH deficiency, 4 had hypothyroidism, 4 had genetic syndromes, 2 had a need for testosterone, 5 had familial short stature and 2 had chronic kidney disease, which represents 56.5% of the total number of participants.