PREVALENCE OF GALL STONE DISEASE AMONG THE PATIENTS PRESENTING IN THE OUTDOOR DEPARTMENT
| Main Authors: | DR. AASMA BATOOL, DR. NAJMA AHMED, DR. ASAD ULLAH KHAN |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2021
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4446057 |
Daftar Isi:
- A gallstone is a stone formed within the gallbladder out of precipitated bile components. The term cholelithiasis may refer to the presence of gallstones or to any disease caused by gallstones, and choledocholithiasis refers to presence of migrated gallstones within bile ducts. This cross-sectional study was conducted among the patients presenting in the outdoor department of different hospitals. Name, age, gender, symptoms and history of pain right hypochondrium and ultrasound findings were noted on a predefined proforma. All the data was entered and analyzed with SPSS Ver. 23.0. A total of 150 patients presenting in the emergency department were included in this study i.e., 75 males (50%) and 75 females (50%). The mean age of the patients was 40.23±3.33 years. Out of these one hundred and fifty patients, sixteen patients had history of pain right hypochondrium and gall stone disease was diagnosed in only four patients. Further management was planned accordingly.