FACTORS, RISK, EPIDEMOLOGY AND PATTERN OF SURGICAL PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITALS OF LAHORE

Objective: - Our study aimed to outline the surgical ailments in the cases admitted in a Surgical Unit of “Gangaram Hospital, Lahore”. Design: - Demonstrative description of analysis of surgical cases admitted from January 2017 to June 2017. Setting: - Unit four of Surgical Ward in Gangaram Hospital, Lahore. Results: - Five Hundred and one males and female’s cases, 284 (56.7%) and 217 (43.3%) respectively; were admitted in 180 days’ time span in Unit four of Surgical Ward in Gangaram Hospital, Lahore. Through OPD, patients out of these, total 296 (59.1%) were admitted; whereas 190 (37.9%) referred from emergency and only 15(3%) from other units. Gastrointestinal related diseases followed by Hernia was found in majority of patients 114 (22.8%), Hernia 94 (18.8%), while 69 (13.8%) Hepato-biliary disease, 37 (7.4%) Ano-rectal disease, 35 (7%) Abscesses, 28 (5.6%) Trauma, 20 (4%) Thyroid disease, 19 (3.7%) problems related Testicular & Scrotal, 17 (03.4%) diseases of breast and 10 (2%) patients of Tetanus. Study revealed “Diabetes Mellitus” as the general associated disease in 60 (12%) patients. After successful treatment a total number of 441 (88%) cases were discharged on the other hand 10 (02.2%) failed to survive during the period of study. Conclusions: - Through our research we found gastrointestinal related problems including acute abdomen as very common cause of admission; the same followed by “Hepato-Biliary” syndrome and hernias, also the very common linked disease observed was ‘diabetes mellitus’. Key Words: Associated Disease, Disease Pattern, Surgical Diseases