Causative Agents in Patients Presenting with Acute Viral Hepatitis along with their Clinical Profile at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Western U.P.
Academia Journal of Medicine
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Causative Agents in Patients Presenting with Acute Viral Hepatitis along with their Clinical Profile at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Western U.P.
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Mishra, Amit
Shweta R Sharma |
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Acute viral hepatitis
acute liver failure Anti -HEV |
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Acute viral hepatitis (AVH) is a common health-related problem throughout the world, but morbidity and mortality are prevalently seen in developing countries like India. In India, AVH is most commonly caused by HAV (hepatitis A virus) and HEV (hepatitis E virus) and in few cases, HBV (Hepatitis B virus) is the etiological agent. HEV mainly affects the middle-aged population, is mild in symptoms however it is lethal with 30% mortality in pregnant females compared to the mortality of 1% in the general population. This study was focussed to identify the etiological agents, various clinical - laboratory factors, disease severity and associated complications in patients presenting with AVH. In our study, HEV was the most common etiological agent accounting for 43.6% of cases followed by HAV (29.1%), HBV (26.1%) and HCV (1.2%). The most common age group involved with AVH was the adult group i.e. from 21-30 yrs (35.1%) followed by 11-20 yrs (27.9%), below 10 yrs (15.1%) and 31-40 yrs (14.5%). The commonest symptom was yellow-colored urine (86.1%) followed by yellow discolouration of sclera and loss of appetite. Bleeding derangement was observed in all patients with acute liver failure (ALF) while Hepatic encephalopathy was observed in 3 patients with ALF. To conclude, integration of diagnostic measures, early diagnosis, treatment protocols, prevention and mass vaccination will help in the overall reduction of AVH cases and related complications.
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Dr Sanket Hiware, College of Medicine and Health Science, DireDawa University, Ethiopia.
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2021-06-02
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
application/xml text/html application/epub+zip |
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https://aijournals.com/index.php/ajm/article/view/1944
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Academia Journal of Medicine; Vol 4 No 1 (2021): January-June 2021; 32-36
2663-8290 2663-8282 |
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eng
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https://aijournals.com/index.php/ajm/article/view/1944/2259
https://aijournals.com/index.php/ajm/article/view/1944/2260 https://aijournals.com/index.php/ajm/article/view/1944/2261 https://aijournals.com/index.php/ajm/article/view/1944/2262 |
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Copyright (c) 2021 Author
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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