Objetivo: Conocer la prevalencia de rinitis alérgica (RA) en los niños que acuden por crisis de asma a la de Emergencia del Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia. Determinar la prevalencia de cuadro activo de rinitis y de pacientes con diagnóstico previo de RA en el grupo de estudio. Material y Método: Es un estudio transversal, descriptivo. El tamaño muestral fue de 164 niños (α = 95%; β= 5%). Se realizó un cuestionario mediante una entrevista directa a los padres para encontrar síntomas de RA y síntomas nasales agudos. Se empleó un cuestionario estandarizado internacionalmente y utilizado en un estudio epidemiológico en nuestro medio. Resultados: Ingresaron 169 niños de 2 a 14 años, que acudieron por crisis de asma a la sala de Emergencia del HNCH, entre marzo y junio de 2002. La edad promedio fue de 7 años. El 59% fueron asmáticos moderados, con un puntaje clínic...

Objective: To describe clinical, image, and laboratory findings in patients with eye toxocariasis seen in three of the main ophthalmology services in three national hospitals in Lima, Peru.   Material and method: records of patients with a presumptive diagnosis of ocular toxocariosis between January 1997 and January 2010 in Cayetano Heredia National Hospital, Arzobispo Loayza National Hospital and the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (national reference center for sick children).   Results: Forty-one cases were found. Their ages were between 5 moths and 62 years (11.6 ± 8). The most frequent symptom was reduced visual acuity. Most frequent findings in eye funduscopy and image studies were peripheral granulomata and posterior uveitis.Most patients had positive serology tests for Toxocara canis.   Conclusions: Most patients in this review ere childr...

Objective: To describe clinical, image, and laboratory findings in patients with eye toxocariasis seen in three of the main ophthalmology services in three national hospitals in Lima, Peru.   Material and method: records of patients with a presumptive diagnosis of ocular toxocariosis between January 1997 and January 2010 in Cayetano Heredia National Hospital, Arzobispo Loayza National Hospital and the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (national reference center for sick children).   Results: Forty-one cases were found. Their ages were between 5 moths and 62 years (11.6 ± 8). The most frequent symptom was reduced visual acuity. Most frequent findings in eye funduscopy and image studies were peripheral granulomata and posterior uveitis.Most patients had positive serology tests for Toxocara canis.   Conclusions: Most patients in this review ere childr...