Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF H1N1 POSITIVE PATIENTS (2014-15) IN WESTERN RAJASTHAN

Dr Vikram Singh, Dr Naveen Kishoria, Dr Mahadev Meena

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">AIM: </span></b><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">To study the clinical profile of H1N1 patients during the 2014-2015 epidemic in Western Rajasthan and to study the outcome during treatment at tertiary level healthcare center.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:&#10;normal;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">METHODS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Study region: </span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The study is as conducted in Department of medicine, DR. S.N.M.C. &amp; MDM Hospital which is a tertiary care hospital in western part of Rajasthan. This institute provides health services to around 12 million populations residing in Jodhpur and neighbor districts e.g. Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Pali, Sirohi, Nagaur.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Study Design: </span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">It was a retrospective study based on systematic analysis of institute medical records during the epidemic period.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Study size:</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> All patients who were enrolled in institute record system during the study period (2014-15) and were H1N1 positive on RT-PCR were analyzed from their bed head tickets. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">SUMMARY and CONCLUSIONS: </span></b><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">The study was done on 162 H1N1 positive patients out of which 119(73%) were discharged and 43(26%) succumbed to death. </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;&#10;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">47% were males and 50% were females. Total number of deaths were 43 out of which 28% were males and 24% were119(73%) were discharged and 43(26%) succumbed to death. 47% were males and 50% were females. Total number of deaths were 43 out of which 28% were males and 24% were females. Most affected age group was 21-40 years in both sexes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>