A SURVEY ON FREQUENCY OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN (15-70) YEARS DURING 1418-1420 (LUNAR)

• Main Authors: A DAVOUDABADI, A RASAULNEGAD, R JAMALI M
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2003-12-01
• Series: Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
• Subjects: Fasting Ramadan, Appendicitis
• Online Access: http://journals.mui.ac.ir/jrms/article/view/2939

History and Objective: Since acute appendicitis occur as a surgical emergency and should be operated as soon as possible, our experiences showed some fluctuations of appendicitis in Various mouth. We Performed this study to define the frequency of it in 1418 - 1420.
 Material and Method: Affected Patients In all ages, and aged from 15 - 70 years old which tolerated fasting were enrolled in this study Age. sex and the number of operated patient in each month were considered.
 Results: Total number of docummended appendicitis Were 414 - 423 - 407 for the years of 1418, 1419 and 1420 respectively. The ratio of M/F=1.2:1 and total frequency was 110/100000.ln the Moharram and Shawal of 1418-20 the number of patients were 49-48-46 and 54-47-47 respectively, which was higher than other months Rmadan had the least frequent patients in these years (20-25-17 ) there was no significant difference in the number of patient among other months. Conclusion: The frequency of acute appendicitis is decreaed in Ramadan significantly which was most likely due to the fasting and diatary states of the ptients althouqh other nivestigation is rocommended.