A study of hospitalized cases of gastroenteritis at a teaching institute in Maharashtra,India.
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Context: Acute gastrointestinal illnesses are amongst the most common diseases worldwide: ranging from mild annoyances to devastating, dehydrating illnesses that can kill within hours. Studies on gastroenteritis involving all age groups are limited. Aims: To study the age & gender patterns and the socioeconomic correlates of admitted cases of diarrhoeas, the reporting time after the onset of diarrhea & its correlation with the outcome of these patients, the average duration of hospital stay of these patients. Settings and Design: A descriptive cross sectional hospital based study was carried out in the hospitals of a Government Medical College in Maharashtra, India. Methods and Material: The personal interview technique combined with clinical examination and recording the findings of investigations was used uniformly using the pre-tested structured questionnaire. Statistical analysis used: p-value calculated by SPSS version 17.0. Results: Total 685 hospitalized Gastroenteritis cases were studied during the one year study period. 632(92.26%) patients were cured. Cholera could be confirmed on laboratory examination with a detection rate of 8%. The median hospital stay was 3 days, with the mean of 3.67 days. (SD = 2.05). Conclusions: Children were affected more. Maximum cases were reported from the lower socio economic status. Patients who reported late to the hospital or had complaints for a longer duration before hospitalization had increased duration of hospital stay. Mortality accounted for 0.3% cases. This indicates that gastroenteritis is a disease severe enough to result in death.
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Ukey Ujwala U Ujwala U, Rajderkar Shekhar S, Langre Sanjivani D, Suryawanshi Sandeep P, Lokhande Ganesh S, Chitre Dhruv S
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