Gallardo Juan A, Avellaneda Molina PJ, Baeza López JM, Jiménez González M, Bonet Ferreiro MV, Casas Aranda I. [Assessment of corticoid local injections at a health care center].
Aten Primaria 2000;
25:331-4. [PMID:
10853503 PMCID:
PMC7681439 DOI:
10.1016/s0212-6567(00)78514-3]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effect of corticosteroid infiltrations in osteoarticular and tendinous pathology in Primary Care.
DESIGN
Observational and descriptive study.
SETTING
La Unión Health Center, a town of 14,000 inhabitants in Murcia.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS
All patients older than 14 years subjected to one or more infiltrations from 1-1-1997 to 1-5-1998 were included. The following variables were analysed using information obtained from the patient's medical records: age, sex, condition treated, evolution time, previous treatment, number of infiltrations, results and complications. Descriptive statistics including frequency and distribution tables were calculated. The 70.3% of the 138 cases are women, the mean age is 57.7 years. Most infiltrations were performed for shoulder conditions (60.1%). The mean time of evolution in these cases was 90.9 +/- 13.9 days. Only 10.9% of patients hadn't received any previous treatment. The mean number of infiltrations is 1.5 +/- 0.7 and the middle is 1. Symptoms improved in 82.62% of the cases, just completely (40.6%) or partially (42%). Only in 17.4% cases failed the intervention. Only a complication was registered, one case of residual pigmentation.
CONCLUSIONS
The local corticosteroids infiltration is a useful technique in primary care because of a high effectivity, easy management, low cost and few complications.
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