Chronic venous disease (CVD) is defined as a disturbance of blood return to the deep venous system, superficial venous system, and communicating (perforating) veins. Once present, CVD persists throughout life, so like heart failure it is nowadays considered "a condition for life". Severe CVD of the lower limbs is one of the most common medical problems, affecting up to 25% of the general adult population of industrialized countries.
Aim: to determine the incidence of CVD among the cases admitted to the Dermatology Clinic of the' "Sf. Spiridon" Emergency Clinical Hospital Iasi, CVD incidence by sex, age, area of residence and the main pathogens incriminated in super infection of ulcerative lesions.
Material and methods: We did a retrospective study of patients admitted to the Dermatology Clinic of the Iasi "Sf. Spiridon" Emergency Hospital over a five years period.
Results: Of the total number of patients admitted to our clinic (9375), 57% were diagnosed with CVD and 26.61% of them were with CEAP 6 class chronic venous insufficiency. There was an approximately equal sex distribution and most patients (44%) were older than 65 years.
Conclusions: We did a large epidemiological study of venous disease, based on revised CEAP classification, showing again that it is not only a very important medical problem, with various clinical manifestation and multidisciplinary approach, but also an important issue for health insurance system.