Perfil sociodemográfico e os principais acometimentos clínicos identificados na biópsia gástrica em pacientes de um hospital de referência no município de Manaus

Abstract

Gastric lesions are common in clinical practice, with higher prevalence in Latin America, responsible for the development of malignant gastric neoplasms, which are the second largest cause of death. Because of this, the present work aimed to analyze the main involvement and clinical-epidemiological profile of patients who underwent gastric biopsy at a reference hospital in the city of Manaus. For this purpose, a retrospective, observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out evaluating the clinical-epidemiological profile of patients who underwent gastric biopsy during the period from July 2019 to November 2019. It was observed that, among the 70 participants in the survey, most were female, i.e., 58.6% and the male gender corresponded to 41.4%. While 48.6% had a family history of cancer, 57.1% were ethylists, 42.9% smokers, 50% consumed a diet rich in sodium and 62.9% were diagnosed with Helicobacter pylori. In addition, it was observed that 90% of the participants of the research had a waiting period, for the collection of the gastric biopsy, superior to eight months, which prevented them from starting the proper treatment or identification of their staging. It was identified through gastric biopsies that there is a prevalence in the number of cases of patients with gastritis. Sociodemographic variables such as age, gender, family income associated with the presence of H. pylori bacteria infection, show a greater predisposition to the development of neoplastic lesions. Because of this, it is essential that gastric lesions are identified early in order to act preventively.