Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2015

Burdenof Communicable Diseases in Medical Wards at a Teaching Hospital in Western India

Dr. Neeta P. Pradhan, Dr Shreepad M. Bhat

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Introduction: Admissions to medical wards comprise non–communicable and communicable diseases. Thecommunicable or infectious diseases mainly include respiratory, gastrointestinal infections, acute undifferentiated feile illnesses and others. The aim of this study was to analyse the prevalence of infectious diseases in the medical wards on a given day and to evaluate the most common types of infections encountered in the medical wards. Materials and Methods: Case details of patients in the Medical Wards on a given day at Smt. KashibaiNavaleMedical College and General Hospital were analysed with reference to age, gender, and clinical diagnosis. They were grouped into two oad categories of non–communicable and communicable diseases.The communicable diseases were further classified into various types of infections and analysis was done. Results: A total of 129 case details of patients in the medical wards on 7th Feb 2014 were analysed. Of these, 91 patients (70.5%) were found to have non–communicable diseases, whereas 38 patients (29.5%) were found to havecommunicable diseases. The communicable diseases were further analysed, among which respiratory infections were found to bethe commonest (39.5%), followed by acute undifferentiated feile illness (26.3%), gastrointestinal infections (18.4%), tuberculosis (8%), urinary infections (5.2%) and others (2.6%). Conclusions: The point prevalence of communicable diseases in the medical wards was less than that of communicable diseases. Of the various communicable diseases, respiratoryinfectionswere the most common, followed by acute undifferentiated feile illness and gastrointestinal infections.

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Dr.Neeta P. Pradhan, Dr.Shreepad M Burdenof Communicable Diseases in Medical Wards at a Teaching Hospital in Western India Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 3 March 2015

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