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<journal-id>2448-9190</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista alergia México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. alerg. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-9190</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Inmunología Clínica y Alergia A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2448-91902017000200163</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29262/ram.v64i2.245</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Prevalencia de urticaria en Cartagena, Colombia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Prevalence of urticaria in Cartagena, Colombia]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Miranda-Machado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pablo Andrés]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hoyos-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bautista de la Cruz]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Unidad de Prevención Clínica La Candelaria  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cartagena de Indias ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Especialistas Santo Domingo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cartagena de Indias ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>64</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>163</fpage>
<lpage>170</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-91902017000200163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-91902017000200163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-91902017000200163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Antecedentes:  En Colombia se han realizado estudios de prevalencia de enfermedades alérgicas como asma, rinitis alérgica y dermatitis atópica. Los estudios de prevalencia de urticaria en Colombia son escasos.  Objetivo:  Estimar la prevalencia de urticaria en Cartagena, Colombia, con el fin de contribuir a las estimaciones epidemiológicas nacionales de esta enfermedad.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio transversal multicéntrico en la ciudad de Cartagena y se incluyeron 547 pacientes entre 1 y 58 años atendidos en la consulta especializada de alergología en los centros de atención seleccionados para esta investigación entre abril y julio de 2015, mediante un muestreo por conveniencia. Resultados: La prevalencia de urticaria en los centros de atención seleccionados de la ciudad de Cartagena fue de 7.1 % (niños 4.0 % y adultos 3.1 %). Se estimó una prevalencia de 3.4 % de urticaria aguda y de 3.6 % de urticaria crónica.  Conclusiones:  El 46.1 % de los pacientes manifestó tener una mala calidad de vida asociada con la urticaria.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Background:  In Colombia, there have been studies on the prevalence of allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis. Prevalence studies of urticaria in Colombia are scarce.  Objective:  Our objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of urticaria in Cartagena (Colombia) in order to contribute to national epidemiological estimates of disease.  Methods:  A multicenter cross-sectional study in the city of Cartagena was conducted and 547 patients aged 1-58 years treated at the Allergy specialist consultation in care centers selected for this study between April and July 2015 were included, through non-probabilistic sampling.  Results:  The prevalence of urticaria in the care centers selected of city of Cartagena (Colombia) was 7.1 % (4 % children and adults 3.1 %). 3.4 % prevalence of acute urticaria and 3.6 % of chronic urticaria was estimated.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Allergy]]></kwd>
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