Amoebic liver abscess in the medical emergency of a North Indian hospital
| العنوان: | Amoebic liver abscess in the medical emergency of a North Indian hospital |
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| المؤلفون: | Navneet Sharma, Virendra Singh, Anupam Lal, Aman Sharma, Subhash Varma |
| المصدر: | BMC Research Notes BMC Research Notes, Vol 3, Iss 1, p 21 (2010) |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2010. |
| سنة النشر: | 2010 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Pleural effusion, Short Report, lcsh:Medicine, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Ascites, medicine, lcsh:Science (General), Abscess, lcsh:QH301-705.5, Medicine(all), Pyogenic liver abscess, Amoebic liver abscess, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), business.industry, lcsh:R, General Medicine, Emergency department, medicine.disease, Surgery, medicine.anatomical_structure, lcsh:Biology (General), Abdomen, medicine.symptom, business, lcsh:Q1-390, Liver abscess |
| الوصف: | Background Amoebic Liver abscess although fairly common in developing countries, yet, there is limited data on the clinical presentation to the emergency department. A retrospective analysis of 86 indoor cases of Amoebic Liver Abscess presenting to the emergency department over a 5-year period was carried out. Findings The mean age of patients was 40.5 ± 2.1 years (male-female ratio = 7:1). Fever, pain abdomen and diarrhea were seen in 94%, 90% and 10.5% respectively. Duration of symptoms less than 2 weeks was seen in 48% cases. Hepatomegaly was present in 16% cases only, a right sided pleural effusion in 14% cases and ascites in 5.7%. On ultrasound, a right lobe abscess was seen in 65%, a left lobe abscess in 13% and multiple abscesses in both the lobes in 22% cases. Seventy one cases underwent per-cutaneous pigtail catheter drainage for a mean period of 13.4 ± 0.8 days. The mortality rate was 5.8%. On multivariate regression and correlation analysis, a higher number of inserted pigtail catheters correlated to mortality. Conclusions Amoebic liver abscess presents commonly to the emergency department and should be suspected in persons with prolonged fever and pain abdomen. Conservative management for uncomplicated amoebic liver abscess and insertion of single per-cutaneous pigtail catheter drainage for complicated amoebic liver abscess are efficacious as treatment modalities. |
| تدمد: | 1756-0500 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::9ae9336c780c1069c177dba5b9506e57Test https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-21Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....9ae9336c780c1069c177dba5b9506e57 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17560500 |
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