Ear, Nose and Throat disorders in paediatric patients at a rural hospital in India

Kishve, S P; Kumar, Naresh; Kishve, Prajakta; Syed, M. M. A.; Kalakoti, Piyush

doi:10.4066/amj.2101.494

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“…Impacted was seen in 18% of the ear disorders. Similar was the case in a study by Yeli 1l and by Kishve et al, 9 although in a study by Nepali et al, the most common ear disorder was Ear Wax which accounted for over 40% of the cases. 10 We had a low prevalence of otmycosis consisting of 5.8% of the ear disordes and 2.9% of overall ENT disorders.…”

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“…Yeli showed epistaxis prevalence of 15% 8 while Sanjay et al showed the prevalence to be 16.6%. 9 Among the throat disorders, pharyngitis was found most common followed by tonsillitis. The same was found in a study by Nepali et al whereas the prevalence of tonsillitis was more in a study by Yeli. This study and its results are applicable to the geographical and socioeconomic status around our hospital.…”

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Incidence of ear, nose and throat disorders in children: a study in a teaching hospital in Telangana

Surapaneni

Sisodia

2016

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Background: ENT problems are very common among the children, especially diseases such as acute suppurative otitis media, acute tonsillitis, acute epiglottis, laryngotracheobronchitis, and rhinitis etc. Poor hygienic conditions, malnourishment, different socio-economic levels are also said to play a role in the prevalence of ENT disorders.Methods: 417 children between the ages of 0-15, attending the ENT department in our hospital were included in the study. General demographic details such as age, sex, socio-economic status, clinical history, and examination for common ENT complaints and disorders was taken for all patients. Otoscopy for ear examination for diseases such as otitis media, ear perforation and ear discharge anterior rhinoscopy for nasal discharge, airway obstruction and infection were performed Presence of any adenoid hypertrophy was looked for. Throat examination was performed for any sign of tonsillitis or pharyngitis. Appropriate investigations such as X-rays, culture and sensitivity, etc were performed where necessary. Results: 258 (61.9%) patients were females while there were 159 (38.1%) males. More than 45% cases who had disorders were concentrated in the 6-15 years age group. Almost 75% of the children were from lower socio-economic status. Otitis media among the ear diseases, rhinitis in the nasal diseases and pharyngitis followed by tonsillitis in the diseases of the throat was found to be the most common.Conclusions: Our study provides basic information of the prevalent disorders in ENT in our area, based on which we can take the relevant step towards development of the medical setup and treatment.

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Incidence of ear, nose and throat disorders in children: a study in a teaching hospital in Telangana

Surapaneni

Sisodia

2016

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…[5] In studies it has been noted that Otitis Media and its sequelae are most common cause of preventable hearing loss in children in developing countries. [6,7] The major burden reported in India & other developing countries by WHO is due to Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media. [8] Name & Address of Corresponding Author Dr. Nitin Tomar Department of ENT and HNS, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.…”

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An Audit of Patients Attending ENT OPD at a Medical College in Western UP

Saroha¹,

Tomar²

2018

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Background: ENT ailments are one of the most common causes for patients to attend hospitals. The present study was undertaken to assimilate data on patients visiting ENT OPD in consecutive 3 months, so that the trend of diseases in this part of Uttar Pradesh could be studied. Objective: To study the epidemiological profile of otorhinolaryngology disorders in the patients attending ENT OPD, Muzaffarnagar Medical College. Methods: This was a retrospective record based study, done in department of ENT &HNS from January to March 2018. Results: More than half of the patients were male. Rural community dominated OPD attendance. Most common ailments for attending ENT OPD were pertaining to throat and neck with female preponderance, of which most frequent diagnosis was pharyngitis. Next in line were otological diseases with CSOM as most common. Patients with nasal complaints were least with allergic rhinitis as most common diagnosis. Discussion: The literature available with respect to the aims and objectives was reviewed. Conclusion: Our OPD is with male preponderance and rural dominated. Maximum patients were suffering from throat and neck problems and nasal complaints were least.

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“…However, ENT diseases are serious public health problems with universal distribution affecting all age groups [1,2]. Although, ear, nose and throat diseases are very important because of the type of morbidities, which may lead to impairment of the physiological functions.…”

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“…Globally, Ear infections considered as one of the leading causes of health care visits and its complications represent important causes of preventable hearing loss, especially in developing countries [1]. While around 0.5% of all upper respiratory tract infections are complicated by sinusitis, the incidence in UK of acute sinusitis ranges from 15 to 40 episodes per 1000 patients per year and it is the secondmost common infectious disease seen by general physicians [2]. However, acute throat infections are the most common infectious diseases seen by family physicians and they are responsible for 2% to 4% of all visits [4,5].…”

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The Prevalence and Attitude of Ear Nose Throat (Ent) Infections\problems Among Medical Students, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Ksa), 2016.

Aljehani¹,

Alrasheed²,

Ahmed³

et al. 2016

IJAR

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Ear, Nose and Throat disorders in paediatric patients at a rural hospital in India

Cited by 35 publications

References 10 publications

Incidence of ear, nose and throat disorders in children: a study in a teaching hospital in Telangana

Incidence of ear, nose and throat disorders in children: a study in a teaching hospital in Telangana

An Audit of Patients Attending ENT OPD at a Medical College in Western UP

The Prevalence and Attitude of Ear Nose Throat (Ent) Infections\problems Among Medical Students, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Ksa), 2016.

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