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ArticleHeliyon2018

Standardized clinical criteria and sweat test combined as a tool to diagnose Cystic Fibrosis.

Fabricio González-Andrade

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Article in Heliyon, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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Fabricio González-AndradeTranslational Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medical Sciences at Central University of Ecuador, Iquique N14-121 and Sodiro, Quito 170403, Ecuador.
Central University of Ecuador · EC

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextCF is under-diagnosed in Ecuador; one out of every 11,252 live births born in Ecuador could have CF.

aimTo analyze the clinical findings, based on previously established criteria, with the results of the sweat test, in circumstances where we do not have the routine molecular study.

methodsEpidemiological, observational, analytic, cross-sectional study. It analyzed 180 patients clinically suspected of CF. Inclusion criteria: children of both sexes older than 30 days and younger than 12 years, who meet at least three clinical criteria suggestive for CF, outpatient and referred by a specialist physician who made a preliminary diagnosis. This is a pilot study.

resultsThe combination of criteria pneumonia, chronic cough and chronic obstructive bronchial syndrome is the most frequent, with not a significant relationship with a positive sweat test. On the contrary, a significant relationship was found between the clinical combinations of pneumonia with cough and rhinosinusitis; pneumonia with cough; presence of

conclusionClinical combinations of pneumonia with cough and rhinosinusitis; pneumonia with cough; presence of

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Evidence-based medicineInternal medicinePaediatrics

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