Background: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is among the most common complications of liver cirrhosis with ascites. In the past, it was considered a potentially incurable disease, but its prognosis, though still quite poor, has much improved in the past few years. This has become possible due to early diagnosis and prompt treatment of this once-incurable complication of ascites. The main aim of this study was to know the relation between clinically suspected SBP and laboratory-confirmed SBP so that in the absence or delay in the more accurate diagnostic facilities, clinicians can start the treatment promptly based on diagnostically significant clinical findings while awaiting the most accurate diagnostic tests.
Material and methods: This study was done at the Department of Gastroenterology, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. After ethical approval, 186 patients with classical features of SBP i.e., fever and abdominal pain and/or tenderness (clinically SBP patients), and 10
Background
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the largest pandemic that has affected people around the globe. Various researches have been conducted worldwide, but there is a scarcity of data from Central India on the relationship between several risk factors for infection and mortality. Our study assessed the predictors and patient profiles of those with COVID-19, which will aid in prioritizing patient treatment and preventive measures.
Methods
A retrospective study was done between March and December 2020. The study included 5,552 COVID-19 patients admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur. A validated questionnaire form provided by the WHO was used. Data for multiple clinical and nonclinical parameters were collected, and analysis was done using SPSS version 26 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) and STATA version 12 (StataCorp LLC, College Station, TX, USA). Mortality and risk assessment of patients was done using multivariate logistic regression.
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