Do we properly recognize acholia / hipoholia in infants?

Authors

  • Margarita María Suarez Galvis Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Colombia
  • Cristian Camilo Villa Gómez Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital
  • Alfredo Santamaria Escobar Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital
  • Patricia Ruiz Navas Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital
  • John Jairo Zuleta Tobón Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.3.618.19

Keywords:

cholestasis, stool color card, Biliary Atresia

Abstract

Hypocholia/acholia are clinical signs indicative of biliary obstruction, related to cholestatic diseases, being bile duct atresia one of the main causes in the first months of life. In this, the prognosis of surgical management depends on the early diagnosis. The objective of this study was to assess the level of success of healthcare worker in the identification of hypocholia / acholia in a simulated scenario.

Methods: Descriptive and prospective study, based on the analysis of a virtual survey to Medellín´s healthcare workers, subgroup analysis was done according to workplace, age, sex and profession. Five images were used from the Taiwan Stool Color Card, with the authorization from their authors. Adequate recognition was considered when the participant identified the three images representing acholia / hypocholia as abnormal.

Results: response was obtained from 442 participants (53 were excluded). Only 253 (65%) achieved adequate recognition. The participants with the lowest percentage of correct answers were general practitioners (45%). In the analysis by subgroups, it was found that there was a greater success in reference Hospital participants with respect to other institutions (69% and 54.6% respectively - p. 0.005).

Conclusion: During the simulated assessment on the adequate identification of acholia / hypocolia, it was found that only 65% of the participating population was correct in the right identification of this clinical sign, which suggests that training is required for the identification of acholia / hypocolia

 

Author Biographies

Margarita María Suarez Galvis, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Colombia

Médica y cirujana Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín (Colombia). Pediatra
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Gastroenterología, hepatología y nutrición
pediátrica, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Universidad de Barcelona (España). Grupo
de hepatología y trasplante hepático pediátrico, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe,
Medellín (Colombia). mmsuarez@hptu.org.co. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-
0003-1120-8037. CvLAC: https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/
generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001909955

Cristian Camilo Villa Gómez, Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital

Médico y Cirujano, Universidad de Antioquia. Médico de Servicio Social Obligatorio,
Hospital San Carlos, Cañasgordas (Antioquia). cristian.villag@udea.edu.co. Orcid:
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8425-6078. CvLAC: https://scienti.minciencias.
gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001910622

Alfredo Santamaria Escobar , Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital

Médico cirujano, Universidad del Norte. Médico pediatra - Ministerio de Salud y
Acción Social, República Argentina. Médico Hepatólogo Pediatra, Hospital J.P.
Garrahan, Ministerio de Salud y Acción Social, República Argentina. Grupo de
hepatología y trasplante hepático pediátrico, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín
(Colombia). asantamariae@hptu.org.co. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-
7967-0805.

Patricia Ruiz Navas, Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital

Médica y cirujana Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena (Colombia). Pediatra Universidad de Cartagena.
Especialista en gastroenterología y nutrición pediátrica del Hospital infantil de México Federico
Gómez, Titulo expedido por la universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Grupo de hepatología
y trasplante hepático pediátrico, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín (Colombia). pruiz@
hptu.org.co. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5446-966X

John Jairo Zuleta Tobón, Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital

Médico y cirujano, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín (Colombia). Ginecología y obstetricia, Universidad
de Antioquia. Epidemiologia, Universidad de Antioquia. Epidemiólogo. Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe,
Medellín (Colombia). jzuleta@hptu.org.co. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5407-7714

Published

2022-12-01

How to Cite

Suarez Galvis, M. M., Villa Gómez, C. C., Santamaria Escobar , A., Ruiz Navas, P., & Zuleta Tobón, J. J. (2022). Do we properly recognize acholia / hipoholia in infants?. Salud Uninorte, 38(3), 774–785. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.3.618.19

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