MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN OPIUM ADDICT SURGICAL PATIENTS IN WESTERN RAJASTHAN

Dr. S. S. Rathore; Dr. Mahatab Singh Rajawat; Dr. Jagdish Kumar; Dr. Vijay Verma

Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2016

MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN OPIUM ADDICT SURGICAL PATIENTS IN WESTERN RAJASTHAN

Dr. S. S. Rathore, Dr. Mahatab Singh Rajawat, Dr. Jagdish Kumar, Dr. Vijay Verma

Abstract :

 Opium addiction is rampant in Western Rajasthan and probably has the highest number of opium addicts in the world. The study envisages upon the presentation, diagnosis and various postoperative complications in surgically ill opium addicts vis–à–vis non addicts. The prospective cohort study was conducted at Mthura Das Mathure Hospital, Jodhpur between December 2012 and December 2014 and included cohorts of 100 opium addict and 60 non–addict patients admitted in various surgical wards. The study focused on the complications encountered and final outcome of complication in surgical patients. Study revealed that opium addict patients had a significantly higher incidence of postoperative respiratory, cardiovascular, systemic and local complications. The requirement of analgesics and duration of hospital stay were also significantly higher as compared to control group. The work concludes that opium addicts suffer a much higher degree of postoperative morbidity as compared to non–addict.