Epidemiological profile of patients with urolithiasis in a tertiary care center of Eastern Nepal: a retrospective cross-sectional study
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https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20220831Keywords:
Urolithiasis, Calcium oxalate, Cysteine, Uric acid, PrevalenceAbstract
Background: This study is aimed to estimate descriptive statistics of socio-demographic and clinical profile of patients with urolithiasis visiting urology division, Department of Surgery of BPKIHS.
Methods: This is a retrospective study. A total of 409 patients diagnosed with urolithiasis admitted to BPKIHS from January to December 2017 were included. The hospital medical records of patients were reviewed using a Pro forma to record the epidemiological data. The data was entered into the Microsoft Excel software and analyzed using statistical package for social studies (SPSS) software 23.0 version.
Results: The peak age group of the high burden of urolithiasis observed was 20-30 years (27.1%) with the mean age plus standard deviation of the patients being 39.60±15.67 years. Among them, 54% were male and 46% were female with a ratio of 1.17:1. The most common site of urolithiasis was the ureter (44.1%) and kidney (39.3%). 11% of patients had stones on more than one site.
Conclusions: It is concluded that the highest prevalence of urolithiasis is in the age group 20-30 years with male predominance and the common site being ureter. Further studies are needed as other factors affecting this disease are yet to be studied.
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