Varied Clinical Presentations of COVID-19 in Pregnant Women in Tertiary Care Hospital of Lahore-Pakistan

Background: The whole world is facing one of the biggest health related disasters of the century. As a novel disease, Covid-19 has so many parameters yet to explore. Aim: To explore varied pattern of clinical presentation of COVID-19 in obstetric population in tertiary care hospital. Study design: Cross-sectional study. Methodology: This study with enrolled pregnant females (n=36) was carried out after ethical review committee’s (ERC) approval at Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore-Pakistan over a period of 3 months in 2020. Data was analyzed by SPSS software, version-20. Presenting symptoms of subjects were presented as frequency and percentage. Results: Total 36 patients were selected. Twenty four (66.66%) patients were symptomatic while the rest 12 (33.33%) patients were asymptomatic. Conclusion: We concluded that clinical presentation of COVID-19 pregnant patients is similar as in rest of the world and it is also same as in general population. Keywords: Covid-19, Pregnant Patients and Clinical Presentation.

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A study of clinical profile of patients with Dengue fever at a tertiary care hospital

International Journal of Advances in Medicine ◽

10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20180085 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 202 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sreenivasulu T. ◽

Jahnavi K.

Keyword(s):

Dengue Fever ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Clinical Profile ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Age Group ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Presenting Symptoms

Background: Dengue is the most common fever. Among all flavi-viruses, it is the most common. It can cause around 50-100 million infections. Every year 2-5 lakh cases of Dengue hemorrhagic fever occur. The objective of the research was to study clinical profile of patients with Dengue fever at a tertiary care hospital.Methods: Present study was cross sectional study. The patients were interviewed and examined at one point of time and later they were never followed which is similar to the cross-sectional study design. Present study was carried out in the hospital. This was done in the department of General Medicine of a tertiary care hospital. Present study was carried out over a period of one year.Results: In the present study, there were 78 males and 22 females. The sex ratio was 3.5:1. Maximum number of males (29.5%) was in the age group of 15-25. Among females, the maximum (40.9%) were in the age group of 26-35 years and 46-55 years (9%). The most common presenting symptom was fever in all cases followed by headache in 90%. Among bleeding manifestations, epistaxis, gum bleeding and hematuria (15%) were the common symptoms. Most patients presented with generalized lymphadenopathy in 52%. 56 patients showed only hepatomegaly and 46 splenomegaly, and 30 patients showed hepato splenomegaly. 99 showed leucopenia and 10 were anemic and 25 showed platelet count less than 1,50,000cells/cumm.Conclusions: Males were commonly affected. Younger age group of 15-25 was most commonly affected and fever and headache were the most common presenting symptoms. These findings help physicians in early diagnosis of dengue by suspecting these features as of dengue and can prevent morbidity and mortality associated with dengue.

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Incidence and Clinical Presentation of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in a Tertiary Care Hospital

10.53350/pjmhs211581800 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (8) ◽

pp. 1800-1805

Author(s):

Muntiha Sarosh ◽

Faiza Ghafoor ◽

Najma Parveen ◽

Rabiya Shahid ◽

Shifa Khalil Ur Rehman

Keyword(s):

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome ◽

Clinical Presentation ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Obese Women ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical College ◽

Ovarian Syndrome

Aim: To determine Incidence of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its clinical presentation in a tertiary care Hospital. Study Design: A Cross sectional study. Place and duration of study: The study was conducted in the Department of Obs. & Gynae, Avicenna Medical College and Hospital, Lahore for a period of six months, January 2020 to June 2020. Methodology: A total of 753 patients attending the gynecological outpatient department were included in the study. Among these the women presenting with clinical picture of menstrual irregularities weight gain, hirsutism and subfertility were evaluated for diagnosis of PCOS. Radiological findings by pelvic U/S were confirmed. Results: 169 women out of 753 patients were found to have PCOS. The incidence was thus 22.44%. Maximum number of women were overweight, BMI (25-29.9Kg/m2). 113(66.86%) presented with oligomennorrea followed by hirsutism and amenorrhea. 57.1% of married women with PCOD had subfertility. Conclusion: Polycystic ovarian Syndrome is common in our population. It is more frequently seen in unmarried obese women. Menstrual irregularity is the most common clinical presentation. Ultrasound criteria is a valuable tool to diagnose the Polycystic Ovarian Disease. Keywords: Polycystic 0varian Syndrome, oligomenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, hirsutism, obesity

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