Prosthetics rehabilitation in elderly with functional dyspepsia

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 71 elderly with functional dyspepsia, assisted in the Gastroenterology Service of “Asdrúbal López Vázquez” Southern Polyclinic in Guantánamo, was carried out from May, 2012 to the same month in 2014, with the objective of evaluating the effectiveness of the...

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Published in:	Medisan Vol. 22; no. 5
Main Authors:	Marcia Hortensia Corona Carpio, Charles Anthony López Verdecia, Ana Duharte Escalante, Miroslava Catellanos González, Zulema Chávez González
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Spanish
Published:	Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas 01-05-2018
Subjects:	adulto mayor, rehabilitación protésica, dispepsia funcional, trastorno de la digestión, atención secundaria de salud
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Summary:	A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 71 elderly with functional dyspepsia, assisted in the Gastroenterology Service of “Asdrúbal López Vázquez” Southern Polyclinic in Guantánamo, was carried out from May, 2012 to the same month in 2014, with the objective of evaluating the effectiveness of the prosthetics rehabilitation in these patients. In the series there was a prevalence of the female sex (53.7 %), 60-69 age group (53.7 %) and early sensation of filling as main symptoms, as well as the lost teeth, according to the dental mortality rate (30.4 %). The rehabilitative treatment allowed to eliminate almost all the symptoms found, reason why it was effective and constitutes an element to take into account to eliminate or diminish the symptoms in elderly with this disorder.
ISSN:	1029-3019