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Volume 7 Issue 8 (August, 2019)

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Assessment of clinical profile and management of cases of diarrhoea in emergency ward
Rajesh Sharma, Richa Sharma

Background: Acute diarrhea in adults is a common problem encountered by family physicians. The present study was conducted to assess cases of diarrhoea in emergency ward. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 54 cases of diarrhoea reported to emergency ward. General data such as name, age, gender etc. was recorded. In all patients clinical profile was recorded. Results: Out of 54 patients, males were 34 and females were 20. The mean duration of diarrhoea was 3.4 days, watery stool was present in 46, bloody stool in 8, fever in 42, vomiting in 31, pain abdomen in 35, cough in 21, dehydration was present in some in 28 and severe in 5, altered sensorium in 32, shock in 12, anuria in 15 and aspiration pneumonitis in 7. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). The management given was antibiotic in 12%, antiparasitic in 4%, antiemetic in 15%, antipyretic in 20%, antispasmodic in 46% and probiotics in 3%. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Common clinical features were watery stool, bloody stool, fever, vomiting, pain abdomen, cough and dehydration.
Key words: Dehydration, Diarrhoea, Probiotics.

Received: 15 March, 2019                                         Revised:  02 August 2019                         Accepted: 05 August 2019

Corresponding author: Dr. Richa Sharma, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Saraswati Institute of Medical Science, Hapur, U.P., India

This article may be cited as: Sharma R, Sharma R. Assessment of clinical profile and management of cases of diarrhoea in emergency ward. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(8): 187-190.

 
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