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Artigo Científico Acesso embargado Caracterização dos pacientes com Síndrome de Down atendidos no Ambulatório Materno Infantil de uma universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina(2019) Miguel, Catarina Pereira; Bernardino, Elizabete CrescencioIntroduction: Down's Syndrome is the most common genetic alteration among humans, resulting from the trisomy of chromosome 21. The foundations that support the evidence on the person with T21 are presented in a tripod of characteristics, namely: phenotype, hypotonia and intellectual impairment. The diagnostic hypothesis of Down's syndrome can be performed in a pre and postnatal period, confirmed by chromosome analysis. According to the World Health Organization, the number of people with Down syndrome corresponds to 10% of the global population and the same percentage is attributed to the Brazilian population. As per information from the SIM, in Brazil, between 2012 and 2017, a total of 2,917 deaths of individuals with Down's Syndrome were detected, of which 1,283 were from the Southeast region. Objective: To characterize Down Syndrome symptoms treated at the Maternal & Child Health Clinic of the University of the South of Santa Catarina from 2004 to 2018. Method: This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. Data collection was carried out between October and December 2018, at the Maternal & Child Health Clinic of the University of the South of Santa Catarina, by reading the patients' charts following the questionnaire prepared by the authors. The information obtained was segmented in relevant categories in the program Microsoft Excel Office 365 version 2010 and later organized and analyzed in SPSS software 20.0. Results: The study sample consisted of 82 patients with DS, of which 67.1% were male, 72% were in the AMUREL region, 52.4% were submitted to Karyotype, 74.4% were age group from 0 to 9 years old, 41.5% with overweight nutritional status, 63.4% with late DNPM, 52.4% attend regular school and 73.2% with APAE, 78% do not have a family history for SD, or other genetic alteration, 19.2% of mothers aged 39 to 48 years, 80.5% have SD associated diseases and, finally, 95.1% carry out multiprofessional follow-up. Conclusion: This study contributed to characterize the symptoms of Down Syndrome of the patients with T21 treated at the University Maternal & Child Health Clinic, as well as to state the importance of multiprofessional follow-up to improve the quality of life of the patient and benefit them in regard to social inclusion.