A Study on Role of Alcohol and LFT in Liver Abscess
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
Liver abscess is a common surgical problem in our country. This study was carried out to determine the clinicopathology, role of alcohol and LFT in liver abscess, including the various modalities of treatment and its efficacy. Fifty patients from Surgery department of Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital during the period of October 2015 to October 2017 were selected. On analysing the risk factors, as expected, chronic alcoholism was the predominant risk factor, seen in 16 patients (32%), with diabetes seen in five patients and systemic hypertension seen in four patients. Both Diabetes Mellitus and systemic hypertension was seen in seven patients (14%). Thirty six percent of the patients had no identifiable risk factor. Thus this study showed Chronic Alcohol intake is a definitive risk factor for development of liver abscess. Though alcoholism is a predisposing, it has no role in the etiology and liver function test didn’t show much alteration
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Dr Nivash. S
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