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

Abstract

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.

Spectrum of Otolaryngology and Head-neck Diseases at ENT OPD in a Tertiary Level Hospital of Dhaka City, Bangladesh

“…In this study attempted to find out the pattern of ENT diseases with which patients came to a referral centre in Dhaka city. The current study showed male 52.82% is more than that of female 47.17% and male: female ratio is 1.12:1 that correspond to the studies done elsewhere [9,21,27,30,33].…”

“…Total number of patients came with problem in the throat is 19.61% (723) which correlates with other studies [9,27]. Laryngeal carcinoma accounted for 0.84% (25), Hypopharyngeal carcinoma 0.19% and benign laryngeal lesions 0.45% found in our study, similar report found in other studies [25][26][27]33].…”