Clinical-epidemiological study in children with cleft lip palate in a secondary-level hospital

Abstract

Background

One of the most common congenital disorders that affect the face structures is the cleft lip palate (CLP). The aim of this study was to obtain the clinical-epidemiological profile of CLP patients from Hospital de Especialidades del Niño y la Mujer (HENM) Dr. Felipe Nuñez Lara, at Queretaro, Mexico, from 2011 to 2014. To provide interdisciplinary treatments for CLP patients based on the information from the pediatric records registered in that period.

Methods

Retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study using univariate analysis frequencies for qualitative variables; central statistical and dispersion for quantitative variables and clinical profile. One hundred records were reviewed, from which 15 were excluded for being syndromic cases. Epidemiological, clinical, and socio-demographic variables were studied.

Results

The epidemiological profile (variables associated with pregnancy, patient's health at birth, nutritional and psychomotor development, family medical records, and socioeconomic factors) and the clinical profile (disease classified by sex, structure, and affected side, surgeries classified and order in which they took place) of the treated population are presented.

Conclusions

The results showed the need to standardize data registration on medical records for improved monitoring and treatment of patients and emphasize actions to maintain a low incidence of CLP in Queretaro.