The role of personal hygiene on non complicated pediatric appendicitis patients

Bagus, Budhi Ida; Azka, R.; Suwardi, Suwardi; Dewi, Yudhani Ratih

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“…Poor personal hygiene has also been reported to be the cause of appendicitis. 21 This region mostly has low quality drinking water system, poor sanitation and poor hygiene which become more jeopardized by rainfall, and often the infectious disease prevail in these months, from July to September. From our study, more appendicitis incidence were observed in July to September, in which rainfall, humidity, bacterial, viral and worm infestations were obviously prevailed.…”

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Seasonal Variation of Appendicitis in High Altitude Region of Nepal: Five years’ Experience of a Teaching Hospital

Menyangbo

Devkota

Bhatta

et al. 2020

J. Karnali Acad. Health Sci.

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Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common general surgical disease, worldwide. The exact etiology is still in conjecture. However, the inadequate fiber in diet, smoking, mechanical obstruction in appendiceal lumen, has been attributed as factors for appendicitis. Appendicitis presents throughout months of the year, however, incidence increases in particular months. The objective of this study is to observe the appendicitis incidence variation with months of the year in high altitude region of Nepal. Methods: The cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted in the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla situated at the altitude above 2500 m from sea level. The clinical data were retrieved from the hospital record book in the Operation Theater that included age, gender, ethnicity, month of the appendectomy executed, pre-operative clinical presentation, and operative findings. The period of study was from July 2014 to March 2020. The data were entered in Microsoft Excel software and descriptive analysis was done to get mean, median percentage, standard deviation by SPSS 16. Results: A total of 119 appendectomies performed during 5 years period, from 2014 to 2020, in the surgery department of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences were recorded. The mean age of appendectomy was 27 years. There were 53% female (n=64) and 46% male (n=55) patients. The months in which the highest appendectomy executed were July/August/September and February with 16% (n=19), 13.4% (n=16), (n=15) 12.6% and 13.4% (n=16) respectively. The lowest incidence was 1.7% in the month of April. Conclusion: The incidence of appendicitis is high in the months from July to September with the lowest incidence is in the months of April and May. This information could be useful to decrease the disease-associated morbidity and mortality as well as it can be useful for hospital administration for enrolling the needed health-workers in those particular time periods.

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Seasonal Variation of Appendicitis in High Altitude Region of Nepal: Five years’ Experience of a Teaching Hospital

Menyangbo

Devkota

Bhatta

et al. 2020

J. Karnali Acad. Health Sci.

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“…(43)(44), in Nigeria (24). Bagus et al’s 2020 study in Indonesia revealed that 51.5% of pediatric appendicitis patients were linked to low hygiene (34). Some cases of lymphoid hyperplasia, an immunological response, may be attributed to allergic reactions to pollen from flowers like maize during the rainy season (45), (46).…”

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Seasonal Variations and the Associated Factors of Acute Appendicitis at a Tertiary Hospital: A Case of SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Daniel,

Negash

2024

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Background: Acute appendicitis, a surgical emergency, is a prevalent pathology with uncertain etiology, influenced by various factors and seasonal variations. Objective: To determine the seasonal variations and the associated factors of Acute Appendicitis. Methods: The study analyzed demographic features, seasonal variation, length of hospital stay, and surgical treatment outcomes in 384 patients from 2021-2022. The patients were presented in four different seasons; December-February as winter, March-May as autumn, June-August as summer, and September-Nov as spring, which were assessed to describe seasonal variation and compare to what are observed in other countries. SPSS version 28 was used for all the statistical assessments and analyses. Results: Out of all 384 patients, 64.3% were males and 35.7% were females. The mean age was 20.8, male: female, 1.8:1. The majority of patients were in their 2nd and 3rd decades of life, and more common in the male 10–19 age group (22.1%). 23.9% of cases were observed in autumn, 22.7% in winter, 20.6% in spring, and 32.8% in summer. 10.1% increase in summer as compared to winter, 8.9% increase as compared to autumn, and 12.2% increase as compared to spring. The highest admissions were in the summer (32.8%). July had the highest number of cases (12.5%), which coincided with heavy rainy months, the rainiest days, and the lowest sunlight hours. The highest rainfall was observed in July (386mm) and August (491 mm), and the lowest sunlight hours were observed in July (6.1 hours) and August (5.9 hours), respectively. Monthly cases correlated positively with rainfall (Pearson’s R =.637, p<.05) and negatively with sunlight hours (Pearson’s R = -.618, p<.05). Complicated cases were slightly more common (50.9%), more in the 10–19 age group. Males had more complicated cases (38.3%) than females (20.8%). Complicated cases tend to present after 48 hours. The commonest postoperative complication was wound infection (5.5%). The mean length of hospital stay was 2.47 days, with no death was reported in the study period. Conclusion: Peak appendicitis in summer is linked to rainfall and sunlight hours, affecting the 11-20 age groups.

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The role of personal hygiene on non complicated pediatric appendicitis patients

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Seasonal Variation of Appendicitis in High Altitude Region of Nepal: Five years’ Experience of a Teaching Hospital

Seasonal Variation of Appendicitis in High Altitude Region of Nepal: Five years’ Experience of a Teaching Hospital

Seasonal Variations and the Associated Factors of Acute Appendicitis at a Tertiary Hospital: A Case of SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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