DISEASE PROFILE OF GERIATRIC ILLNESS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Dr. Dugginaboina Manoj Kumar; Dr. Teja Chennamsetty; Dr. Lella Suvarna Raju; Dr. B. Srinivasa Rao

Volume : X, Issue : II, February - 2020

DISEASE PROFILE OF GERIATRIC ILLNESS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Dr. Dugginaboina Manoj Kumar, Dr. Teja Chennamsetty, Dr. Lella Suvarna Raju, Dr. B. Srinivasa Rao

Abstract :

Ageing is a progressive and generalised impairment of body. With the advances in health care there is not only an increase in the proportion of elderly population but also an increase in non–communicable diseases like hypertension, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders, refractive errors. We conducted this study to know the disease profile of geriatric population in a tertiary care hospital. In our study 621 patients out of 1569 admissions in Department of Medicine, during the study period belonged to geriatric population, with a male preponderance(62.7%) in both disease and mortality. In our study most common cause of admission was cereovascular disease(34.1%), followed by chronic kidney disease and congestive cardiac failure. Least common causes are poisoning and alcohol intoxication. As there is a rapid expansion in number of elderly population, there is a need to improve geriatric health care services in the developing countries like India and train the health care providers.