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Chronic Liver Disease among Patients Admitted in the Department of Internal Medicine of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

INTRODUCTION: Chronic liver disease with cirrhosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality not only in developed but also in developing countries. Many patients already develop complications before hospital admission and require intensive medical care during hospital treatment. The main ob...

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Autores principales: Poudel, Sujan Chandra, Acharya, Abishkar, Maharjan, Sujata, GC, Saroj, Shrestha, Reshika, Thapa, Suraksha, Poudel, Shekhar
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Publicado: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37203940
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.8092
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author Poudel, Sujan Chandra
Acharya, Abishkar
Maharjan, Sujata
GC, Saroj
Shrestha, Reshika
Thapa, Suraksha
Poudel, Shekhar
author_facet Poudel, Sujan Chandra
Acharya, Abishkar
Maharjan, Sujata
GC, Saroj
Shrestha, Reshika
Thapa, Suraksha
Poudel, Shekhar
author_sort Poudel, Sujan Chandra
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description INTRODUCTION: Chronic liver disease with cirrhosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality not only in developed but also in developing countries. Many patients already develop complications before hospital admission and require intensive medical care during hospital treatment. The main objective of the study was to find out the prevalence of the chronic liver disease among patients admitted in the Department of Internal Medicine of a tertiary care centre. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among patients admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine of a tertiary care centre from 1 January 2022 to 31 March 2022. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Board (Reference number: 2211202105). The patient admitted in the Department during the study period was included and those who do not gave consent were excluded. Convenience sampling method was used. Point estimate and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated. RESULTS: Out of 447 patients, the prevalence of chronic liver disease was 93 (20.8%) (17.04-24.56, 95% Confidence Interval). The mean age of the patients was 49.69±10.94 years and among them, males were 64 (68.82%). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of the chronic liver disease among patients admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine of a tertiary care centre was lower than in other studies conducted in similar settings.
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spelling pubmed-102315532023-06-01 Chronic Liver Disease among Patients Admitted in the Department of Internal Medicine of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study Poudel, Sujan Chandra Acharya, Abishkar Maharjan, Sujata GC, Saroj Shrestha, Reshika Thapa, Suraksha Poudel, Shekhar JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc Original Article INTRODUCTION: Chronic liver disease with cirrhosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality not only in developed but also in developing countries. Many patients already develop complications before hospital admission and require intensive medical care during hospital treatment. The main objective of the study was to find out the prevalence of the chronic liver disease among patients admitted in the Department of Internal Medicine of a tertiary care centre. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among patients admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine of a tertiary care centre from 1 January 2022 to 31 March 2022. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Board (Reference number: 2211202105). The patient admitted in the Department during the study period was included and those who do not gave consent were excluded. Convenience sampling method was used. Point estimate and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated. RESULTS: Out of 447 patients, the prevalence of chronic liver disease was 93 (20.8%) (17.04-24.56, 95% Confidence Interval). The mean age of the patients was 49.69±10.94 years and among them, males were 64 (68.82%). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of the chronic liver disease among patients admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine of a tertiary care centre was lower than in other studies conducted in similar settings. Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2023-03 2023-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10231553/ /pubmed/37203940 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.8092 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Poudel, Sujan Chandra
Acharya, Abishkar
Maharjan, Sujata
GC, Saroj
Shrestha, Reshika
Thapa, Suraksha
Poudel, Shekhar
Chronic Liver Disease among Patients Admitted in the Department of Internal Medicine of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title Chronic Liver Disease among Patients Admitted in the Department of Internal Medicine of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_full Chronic Liver Disease among Patients Admitted in the Department of Internal Medicine of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_fullStr Chronic Liver Disease among Patients Admitted in the Department of Internal Medicine of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Chronic Liver Disease among Patients Admitted in the Department of Internal Medicine of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_short Chronic Liver Disease among Patients Admitted in the Department of Internal Medicine of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_sort chronic liver disease among patients admitted in the department of internal medicine of a tertiary care centre: a descriptive cross-sectional study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37203940
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.8092
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