FREQUENCY OF ABDOMINAL PAIN AMONG THE PATIENTS PRESENTING IN THE OUTDOOR DEPARTMENT
| Main Authors: | DR. ASAD ULLAH KHAN, DR. NAJMA AHMED, DR. AASMA BATOOL |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2021
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4446088 |
Daftar Isi:
- Abdominal pain, also known as a stomachache, is a symptom associated with both non-serious and serious medical issues. Common causes of pain in the abdomen include gastroenteritis and irritable bowel syndrome. 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 abdomen and severity were noted on a predefined proforma. All the data was entered and analyzed with SPSS Ver. 23.0. A total of 110 patients presenting in the emergency department were included in this study i.e., 55 males (50%) and 55 females (50%). The mean age of the patients was 35.23±3.23 years. Out of these one hundred ten patients, fifteen patients had history of pain abdomen, three of them were referred to emergency department and rest were managed in outdoor department.