Bone Age Description of Carpal Bones in Short Stature Children Treated at Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung in 2020-2021
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2023-02-20
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Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the description of bone age in the carpal bones of children of short stature who were treated at the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung in 2020-2021.
Methods: This study is a descriptive observational study with a cross-sectional design conducted from January 2020 to December 2021. A total of 6,370 patient`s data in 2020 and 6,248 in 2021 were obtained from Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital medical records. This study included 323 pediatric patients who were diagnosed with short stature and 36 patients with bone age examination that have been selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The analyzed variables are gender, birth history, underlying disease, therapy history, height to age, and bone age.
Results: The prevalence of patient with short stature in 2020 is 185 (2.90%) and 2021 is 138 (2.21%). Gender distribution showed 164 (50.77%) males and 159 (49.22%). There are 36 data with bone age examination, which all of them categorized as delayed. In
patients with delayed bone age, 25 (69.44%) of them diagnosed with severely stunted and 11 (30.56%) of them are stunted.
Conclusion: Patients diagnosed with short stature in 2020 to 2021 has no significant difference in gender, but predominantly in male patients. All patients with bone age examination categorized as delayed bone age. Length/height for age category showed most patient has short stature.
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Bone age, Short stature, Children