Causes Of Acute Abdomen Diagnosed Through Gray-Scale Ultrasonography in Adults at A Tertiary Care Hospital, Lahore
Gray-Scale Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen
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https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v6i11.3045Keywords:
Acute Abdomen, Diagnosis, Emergency, Prevalence, UltrasoundAbstract
Acute abdomen is a severe and sudden onset of pain over a short span of time, requiring urgent diagnosis and treatment. The prevalence of acute abdomen is found to be 5 percent in emergency department cases and a lower percentage in the OPD cases. Objectives: To diagnose the causes of acute abdomen via gray-scale ultrasonography in adults at a tertiary care hospital. Methods: The Study design was a descriptive cross-sectional. Data was collected through proforma and reports, and collected from the Diagnostic Center CMH Lahore. Data analysis was done through IBM SPSS software version 26.0, and the association between causes and the gender of the patient was calculated via chi chi-square test. Results: Out of 186 patients, 45.7% were male and 54.3% female, with a mean age of 47.44 years. Common symptoms/signs included nausea/vomiting (72.6%), fever (50%), abdominal tenderness (52.7%), and abdominal distension (33.9%). Moderate pain was the most prevalent severity of pain in 41.9% patients. RHC was the most prevalent region of pain (71%). Ultrasound diagnoses included cholelithiasis (20.4%), hydronephrosis (13.4%), acute cholecystitis (12.4%), renal colic (11.8%), and acute pancreatitis (8.1%), respectively. Other diagnoses were liver abscess (2.7%), splenic lesions (1.6%), and an unremarkable study (18.82%). Conclusions: The Current study concludes that there is a significant association between acute cholecystitis and the gender of the patient. It also highlights the significance of ultrasound in diagnosing the causes of acute abdomen, with cholelithiasis, hydronephrosis, renal colic, and acute cholecystitis as the most frequent causes of acute abdomen.
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