Open AccessHBV & HCV–Awareness in Acute Abdomen Emergency Cases
Author(s) -
Hardeep Singh Gill,
Gurmanpreet Gill,
Amarjit Kaur Gill
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8078.4414
Subject(s) - medicine , hbsag , acute pancreatitis , perforation , acute abdomen , cholecystitis , acute cholecystitis , abdomen , appendicitis , gastroenterology , general surgery , surgery , hepatitis b virus , virus , cholecystectomy , virology , gallbladder , materials science , punching , metallurgy
A study was conducted on 100 cases of Acute abdomen admitted in surgery department of Govt Medical college and Rajendra Hospital, Patiala, India. Study group included patients with different abdominal emergencies, e.g. gastrointestinal perforation, intestinal obstruction, acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, pancreatitis etc. Out of these, three cases were positive for HBsAg alone, one for anti Hepatitis C-Virus (HCV) alone and one was positive for both HBsAg and anti HCV.