Burden of gynaecological disease: three years audit of inpatient department in a tertiary care hospital
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 9
Abstract
Introduction: Reproductive health problems constitute the leading cause of ill health in women of reproductive age group worldwide especially to those in developing countries. It accounts for 21.9% of the disability adjusted life years lost by women aged 15–45 years Aims and Objectives: To find the Burden of Gynaecological Disease admitted in the OBG department and to find out the various treatment modalities applied for the same. Material and Method: Retrospective hospital record based study carried among the1715 female patients admitted from various causes in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from January 2012 to December 2014 in a Tertiary care Hospital were included. Data was collected from the Gynaecology Inpatient's records, in which the presenting symptoms, clinical diagnosis and investigations were recorded. Information on various symptoms, ages, clinical findings, diagnosis and the various treatment modalities applied among 1715 women were recorded. Results: The findings of the present study shows that the majority of the patients were between the age group of 40-44 years (15.80%) followed by 35-39 years(15.69%) and the least belonged to the age group of less than 20 years(1.11%). Majority of the patients admitted were having DUB (30.55%), followed by Prolapse uterus (23.56%), Ovarian cyst (19.24%), Fibroid (14.23%), Bulky uterus (7.52%). The most common Treatment modality applied among Patients admitted from a variety of reasons were Total Abdominal Hysterectomy (61.63%) followed by Ovarian cystectomy (18.72%) and Vaginal Hysterectomy (18.48%) Conclusion: - There is a need for a multi‐pronged and multi-sectoral concentrated effort to address problems of Gynaecological morbidities as the determinants for care range from economic to social issues.
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M N Arvikar, V D Bhole
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