Recommendation of a new clinical classification of advanced schistosomiasis

To recommend a new clinical classification of advanced schistosomiasis for improving the diagnosis and evaluation of therapeutic effect of advanced schistosomiasis. The medical records of 11 092 cases of advanced schistosomiasis from the Xiang-Yue Hospital from January 1990 to January 2010 and the m...

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Published inZhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi Vol. 24; no. 2; p. 235
Main Authors Deng, Wei-Cheng, Li, Jia-Xin, Pan, Ke, Kong, Guo-Qing, He, Yong-Kang, Li, Yue-Sheng
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.04.2012
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Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Schistosomiasis - classification
Schistosomiasis - diagnosis
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Summary:To recommend a new clinical classification of advanced schistosomiasis for improving the diagnosis and evaluation of therapeutic effect of advanced schistosomiasis. The medical records of 11 092 cases of advanced schistosomiasis from the Xiang-Yue Hospital from January 1990 to January 2010 and the medical aid centre for advance schistosomiasis in Hunan Province from January 2004 to January 2010 were collected and classified with the current and new clinical classification methods and the results were statistically analyzed and compared. Based on the current classification method, there were huge splenomegaly (5 710 cases), ascites (2 993 cases), colon proliferative (834 cases), and dwarf (54 cases). However, 1 501 cases were excluded from the current classification. Based on the new classification method, there were 8 types: huge splenomegaly (2 870 cases), ascites (1 885 cases), colon proliferative (425 cases), dwarf (38 cases), universal (1 281 cases), bleeding (1 857 cases), hepatic coma (553 cases), and m
ISSN:1005-6661