scholarly journals Demographic Profile of Hand Injuries in North India: A Tertiary Care Hospital Experience.

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 759-763
Author(s):  
Sandesh Bharat Singh ◽  
Harsha Vardhan ◽  
Sameer Halageri ◽  
Arun K Singh ◽  
Vijay Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nerve Repair ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
National Level ◽  
Middle Finger ◽  
Hand Injury ◽  
Hand Injuries ◽  
North India ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Demographic Profile ◽  
Socioeconomic Risk

Introduction: Hand injuries are the most complex injuries when compared to other bodily injuries. A better understanding of the biological, behavioral, and socioeconomic risk factors that are associated with hand injuries is therefore needed. This data can help identify individuals at risk and define preventive measures to help reduce the incidence. Material and Methods: We present a study of 350 consecutive patients of hand injury treated between 2017- 2018. The demographic profile of the patient along with the type & cause of the injury sustained, hand dominance, type of procedure, and requirement of hospital administration was extracted from hospital records. Results: 159 (45.5%) of the patients were in the age group of fewer than 20 years. Out of the 350 patients, 288 (82%) were male. 302 (86%) patients were right-handed. The most common mode of injury was machine injury in 205 (59%) patients. 181 (52%) patients had crush injury, 107 (31%) had the sharp cut injury, and 32 (9%) had blast injury. 94 (27%) patients needed hospital admission for management. 119 ( 34%) patients had the injury to the thumb, 89 (25%) had injury to the middle finger. Primary suturing was done in 116 (33%) patients, tendon and nerve repair in 209 (60%), and 177 (51%) patients respectively. Conclusions: The study describes the demography and etiology of the cases of hand injury. The study has a limitation of having absence of assessment of functional outcome. There is a necessity of hand trauma registry to quantify the burden of hand injuries and formulate a prevention strategy at the national level.

scholarly journals Demographic Profile of Donor Cornea of an Eye Bank in Tertiary Care Hospital in North India- A 9-Year Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 485-490
Author(s):  
R S Chauhan ◽  
Chetan Chhikara ◽  
Ashok Rathi ◽  
J P Chugh ◽  
Apoorva Goel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
North India ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Donor Cornea ◽  
Eye Bank ◽  
Demographic Profile

scholarly journals A descriptive study of patterns of traumatic hand injury cases in a tertiary care hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1736
Author(s):  
Biswaranjan Samal ◽  
Rajagopalan Govindarajan ◽  
Thirthar Palanivelu Elamurugan ◽  
Deviprasad Mohapatra
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Hand Injury ◽  
Hand Injuries ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Education Status ◽  
Quick Dash

Background: All patients who presented to the emergency and trauma with a clinical evidence of hand injury were assessed based on the history and examination, mechanism of injury, common patterns of the injuries, management of the injuries and their functional outcome. The aim and objective were to study the mode, pattern, management and early outcome of hand injury cases attending Department of Emergency Medicine and trauma.Methods: This was a hospital based descriptive study, of patients presenting with hand injuries to the emergency department. The management plan was formulated and the outcomes of the treatment were assessed by limb function loss and Quick DASH 9 score.Results: Majority of our study population belonged to 16 to 35 years age group comprising of mostly males. Most of the incidents occurred within 50 km from our hospital. The mean duration to arrival at our hospital from site of injury was 2.71±2.61 hours. Road traffic accident in males and thermal burns in females were common. Fractures to phalanges of index and middle fingers were the most common type of injury. The average calculated Quick DASH 9 score was found to be 51.24±9.89.Conclusions: Hand injuries were found to be more prevalent in lower socioeconomic strata of the society with education status and occupation as major risk factors. Increased awareness and better implementation of traffic rules and better safety measures at workplace environment are the need of the hour to decrease the burden of hand injury. 

The Spectrum of Skin Biopsies from a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhilasha Williams ◽  
Anuradha Bhatia ◽  
EmyAbi Thomas ◽  
Clarence J Samuel
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
North India ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Skin Biopsies

Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in hospitalized patients at a tertiary referral center in North India (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Animesh Ray ◽  
Dr. Komal Singh ◽  
Souvick Chattopadhyay ◽  
Farha Mehdi ◽  
Dr. Gaurav Batra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
North India ◽  
P Value ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Igg Antibodies ◽  
Igg Antibody ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Significant Difference

BACKGROUND Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 is an important tool to estimate the true extent of infection in a population. However, seroprevalence studies have been scarce in South East Asia including India, which, as of now, carries the third largest burden of confirmed cases in the world. The present study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody among hospitalized patients at one of the largest government hospital in India OBJECTIVE The primary objective of this study is to estimate the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibody among patients admitted to the Medicine ward and ICU METHODS This cross-sectional study, conducted at a tertiary care hospital in North India, recruited consecutive patients who were negative for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR or CB-NAAT. Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody levels targeting recombinant spike receptor-binding domain (RBD) protein of SARS CoV-2 were estimated in serum sample by the ELISA method RESULTS A total of 212 hospitalized patients were recruited in the study with mean age (±SD) of 41.2 (±15.4) years and 55% male population. Positive serology against SARS CoV-2 was detected in 19.8%patients(95% CI 14.7-25.8). Residency in Delhi conferred a higher frequency of seropositivity 26.5% (95% CI 19.3-34.7) as compared to that of other states 8% (95% CI 3.0-16.4) with p-value 0.001. No particular age groups or socio-economic strata showed a higher proportion of seropositivity CONCLUSIONS Around, one-fifth of hospitalized patients, who were not diagnosed with COVID-19 before, demonstrated seropositivity against SARS-CoV-2. While there was no significant difference in the different age groups and socio-economic classes; residence in Delhi was associated with increased risk (relative risk of 3.62, 95% CI 1.59-8.21)

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