Clinical profile of patients with Hepatitis A virus infection at tertiary care teaching hospital
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Medicine - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: This study was undertaken to study clinical profile of patients with Hepatitis A virus infection at a tertiary care teaching hospital, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad. Methods: It was a retrospective study for duration of one year (July 2017 to June 2018). All patients with age more than 15 years, diagnosed as HAV positive were included in the study. Medical records were studied for detailed clinical history, physical examination findings and laboratory findings. Total 40 patients were included in the study. Results: Data collected from this study revealed that majority of patients were from age group 15-25 years. Maximum number of patients presented with anorexia (80%) followed by fever (77.5%) and nausea (72.5). About75% of patients had icterus and hepatomegaly was seen in 40% of patients. Laboratory reports revealed that deranged LFTs with average SGPT value of836 and SGOT value of 779.average duration of stay in hospital was 7 days. Higher bilirubin levels were seen in older patients. There were 2 patients co infected with hepatitis B and one patient co infected with HIV. Conclusion: Although hepatitis A infection rarely results into chronic hepatitis or death, severity of symptoms usually results into longer duration of hospitalization. Hence prevention of this disease by means of vaccination or by improving personal hygiene to prevent feco-oral spread of the disease will be more effective to reduce social and financial burden due to hospitalization.
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Sanjay Thorat, Tejas Rane, Akshay Kulkarni, Aniket Avhad
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