A retrospective study of clinico-epidemiological profile of snakebite related deaths at a Tertiary care hospital in Midnapore, West Bengal, India

Aims and Objectives: We conducted a retrospective analysis among 1984 burn patients to study the incidence, prevalence of burn injury, its various types and modes (actual event behind the burn injury), risk factors and to find out the preventive measures.Materials and Methods: The retrospective study was carried out among 1984 patients having burn injuries, admitted in a tertiary care hospital of West Bengal, India over a period of nine years. The sources of information were the admission registers and the patients' folders from the medical records department. The Ethical clearance was taken from the Institutional Ethical Committee. The information obtained included age, sex, whether accidental or suicidal, etiology of burn injury and particularly the mechanism of injury. Results: Females were mostly affected (83%) in comparison to males. Among the study population, most of the burn patients were in the age group of 21-30yrs i.e. 35.3%. The number of burn patients were less in number in the age group of 11-20yrs i.e. 7.3%. Most of the burn injuries (87%) were accidental. Suicidal burns occurred in 10% cases. Of which about 1/3rd of the cases were due to dowry related issues. A significant number of teenagers also attempted suicides due to trivial reasons (e.g. failure in examination, quarrelling with parents). Gas oven related injuries occurred in 2.7% cases. Oil lamps (‘kupi’), candles and hurricane-lanterns, diyas were also responsible to some extent in rural India for flame burns(5%). Smoking related burn injuries occurred in 1.7% cases. Scald injuries occurred in 14% cases. Chemical injuries (0.3%) were due to spillage of unlabelled bottles of acid/alkali. Electrical burn injury occurred in 4.9% cases. Conclusion: Burn injury prevention is not easy, but to avoid the significant morbidity and mortality following injury we have to prevent it by any means. A coordinated and dedicated approach among social workers , medical and paramedical personnel, administrators can only minimize the incidence of burn.Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.7(1) 2015 70-75

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SEROPREVALENCE OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS IN TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN WEST BENGAL: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences ◽

10.14260/jemds/2016/1167 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (71) ◽

pp. 5148-5151

Author(s):

Tapan Das Bairagya ◽

Saurabh Biswas

Keyword(s):

Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

Retrospective Study ◽

West Bengal ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Tuberculosis Patients ◽

Immunodeficiency Virus

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Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Myiasis Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital of Jharkhand: A Retrospective Study

Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research ◽

10.18535/jmscr/v5i2.62 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 05 (02) ◽

pp. 17586-17590

Author(s):

Dr Nisha Shrivastava ◽

Keyword(s):

Retrospective Study ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Epidemiological Profile

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Clinico-epidemiological evaluation of patients with sinonasal masses attending a tertiary care hospital in Jharkhand: a three year retrospective study

International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery ◽

10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20164816 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 132

Author(s):

Ranbir Kumar Pandey ◽

Dheeraj Kumar ◽

Nisha Shrivastava ◽

Nishant Kumar

Keyword(s):

Retrospective Study ◽

Nasal Obstruction ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Epidemiological Data ◽

The Body ◽

Nasal Discharge ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Epidemiological Profile

Background: Nasal cavity may contain wide variety of masses within by which this organ differs from the rest of the body. Benign nasal and paranasal sinus masses are commonly encountered in clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to classify various types of sinonasal masses and characterize their clinico-epidemiological profile in a tertiary care hospital of Jharkhand. The objectives of the study was to evaluate the clinico-epidemiological profile of nasal masses in patients attending ear, nose, throat and head and neck surgery (ENT & HNS) OPD of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi from January 2013 to December 2015) and to classify the nasal masses according to their percentage of occurrence. Methods: This retrospective study was designed for evaluation of clinico-epidemiological data collected from admission register of ENT Dept. RIMS, Ranchi during the period of 2013 to 2015. Total sample size for this period was 240. Templates were generated in MS Excel sheets and analysis was done using SSPS software. Results: With the three year data analysis of 240 patients, we came up with the result that nasal masses were more common in age group of <20 years (52%), occurred more in males (68.4%), most of the patients were tribals (72.9%), mostly from rural areas (60%), and maximum of them were diagnosed as antrochoanal polyps (37.9%). The most common presenting complain was nasal obstruction (85.8%), followed by nasal discharge (52.9%). Conclusions: Antrochoanal polyp is the most common type of nasal masses presenting mostly in tribal males from rural areas of Jharkhand, presenting with nasal obstruction.

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