Medical issues among children and teenagers with Down syndrome in Hong Kong.

Down's syndrome, research and practice : the journal of the Sarah Duffen Centre Pub Date : 2008-10-01 DOI:10.3104/reports.2005

Winnie Ka-Ling Yam, Philomena Wan Ting Tse, Chak Man Yu, Chun Bong Chow, Wai Man But, Kit Yu Li, Lai Ping Lee, Eva Lai Wah Fung, Pauline Pui Yee Mak, Joseph Tak Fai Lau

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Unlabelled: We examined the prevalence of medical problems in children and teenagers with Down syndrome in Hong Kong.

Methods: Children with Down syndrome receiving care from seven regional hospitals were included and their hospital records were reviewed. A total of 407 patients, aged between 0.06 and 17.16 years were included. Cardiovascular problems were observed in 216 (53%), endocrine problems in 111 (27%), gastrointestinal problems in 46 (11%), haematological problems in 18 (4%), neurological problems in 27 (7%), sleep problems in 36 (9%), skeletal problems in 56 (14%), visual problems in 195 (48%) and auditory problems in 137 (34%).

Conclusions: The prevalence of medical problems was high in children and teenagers with Down syndrome in Hong Kong and similar to previous findings elsewhere. Future studies on the local prevalence of medical problems in the adult population with Down syndrome would help to define their medical needs.

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香港唐氏综合症儿童及青少年的医疗问题

未标记:我们调查了香港患有唐氏综合症的儿童和青少年的医疗问题的普遍程度。方法:选取7家地区医院收治的唐氏综合征患儿，对其住院记录进行回顾性分析。共纳入407例患者，年龄在0.06 ~ 17.16岁之间。心血管问题216例(53%)，内分泌问题111例(27%)，胃肠问题46例(11%)，血液问题18例(4%)，神经问题27例(7%)，睡眠问题36例(9%)，骨骼问题56例(14%)，视觉问题195例(48%)，听觉问题137例(34%)。结论:香港儿童和青少年唐氏综合症患者的医疗问题患病率较高，与其他地区之前的调查结果相似。未来对当地唐氏综合症成年人群医疗问题患病率的研究将有助于确定他们的医疗需求。

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