A study of clinico demographic profile of patients with renal colic at tertiary health care center
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 12
Abstract
Background: Kidney stone disease, also known as urolithiasis, is when a solid piece of material (kidney stone) occurs in the urinary tract.2 Kidney stones typically form in the kidney and leave the body in the urine stream Aims and Objectives: To Study Clinico Demographic profile of patients with Renal Colic at tertiary health care center. Methodology: 104 patients presenting with symptoms typical of renal colic attending the medical and surgical OPD in santhiram medical college and general hospital. All patients presenting with symptoms typical of renal colic attending the medicine and surgical OPD in santhiram medical college and general hospital. Pregnant women excluded from the study. The data was analyzed by T-test in statistical package for the social science (SPSS) version 18. Result: In our study we have seen that The majority of the patients were from the age group of 31-40 -25.96%, followed by 21-30 were 22.1%, 41-50-17.30%, 51-60 were 13.46%, 11-20 -9.61% 61-70 were 5.76, 0-10 were 3.8%. The majority of the patients were Male i.e. 75.92% followed by Female were 24.08%. The most common occupations were Manual labor in 40.3%, followed by Agriculture in 29.80%, Housewife in 11.5%, Student were having Vegetarian diet i.e. 64.64% and Mixed diet in 35.36%. The majority of the patients Consumed Hard water i.e. 76.96% and 23.04 % have consumed Not-a hard water. The majority of the patients were having Colicky pain in flank in 90%, Urinary urgency in 85%, Hematuria in 80%, Sweating, nausea and Vomiting in 75%, Burning micturition in 60%, Fever with chills in 52% Conclusion: It can be concluded from our study that the majority of the patients were from the age group of 31-40, the most of the patients were Male, the most common occupations were Manual labor followed by Agriculture, the majority of the patients were having Vegetarian diet, the majority of the patients Consumed Hard water and majority of the patients were having Colicky pain in flank Urinary urgency etc.
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Abhijit Nagapurkar, Digvijay Ghodake, Nikit Mehta, Anil G Joshi
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