EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SOCIOECONOMIC FEATURES OF APPENDICITIS AMONG PATIENTS DURING ONE YEAR
Dr. Aws Mohammed Salih*
ABSTRACT
Background: - One of the most common acute surgical disorders of the abdomen is appendicitis. We describe the socioeconomic characteristics of appendicitis over the study period. Methods: - Two hundred patients who were admitted between the 1st of January and the 31 of December 2021 were included. Investigated were the demographic traits and environmental elements. We contrasted the effects of the environment with those seen in other nations. Results: - Our results are based on the larger proportion. There were 33.5 percent of them between the ages of 21 and 30 and 24.5 percent between the ages of 11 and 20. There were 66 percent more male cases than female instances. They had primary education to the tune of 28.5%. greater percentage There was no statistically significant difference in the number of cases between males and females (25.514.9 years old and 25.315.1 years old, respectively) during the winter season, which accounted for 26.9% of cases (P=0.29). Conclusion: - In every instance, pain predominated over other symptoms, which included anorexia, nausea/vomiting, burning urination, and bowel problems like diarrhea and constipation. Tenderness was the clinical symptom that was noted the most frequently, followed by guarding, rebound tenderness, the rovsing sign, and the psoas test. The mean age and the length of the hospital stay showed a statistically significant link with a P value under 0.05.
Keywords: Appendicitis, SE, Tenderness, Bowel disturbance.
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