Association of peptic ulcer perforation with ramadan related lifestyle modifications
| Autor: | null Attiya Nasir Siddique, null Muhammad Usama, null Sophia Asif Khan, null Muhammad Umer Faheem, null Hizbullah Riaz Ansari, null Muhammad Naveed |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | The Professional Medical Journal. 30:188-192 |
| ISSN: | 2071-7733 1024-8919 |
| Popis: | Objective: To look into the relationship of Ramadan with peptic ulcer perforation. This will include assessing the effect of fasting as well as other Ramadan related factors like changes in eating and smoking habits. Study Design: Retrospective Analysis. Setting: Three Tertiary care hospitals of Peshawar i-e Hayatabad Medical Complex, Khyber Teaching Hospital and Lady Reading Hospital. Period: 6th May 2019 to 26th May 2020. Material & Methods: Patients presenting with the aforementioned complication of peptic ulcer during the research period were divided into two groups. Patients presenting during the two Ramadan months were designated as cases (Group 1). While those presenting during the rest of the period i-e 11 months, were the controls (Group 2). So comparison of these groups was done on basis of various predisposing factors of the disease. Inferences were drawn by applying Student’s t, Chi-square and Fischer’s exact chi-square tests. Results: A total of 129 patients were considered. Among these, 36 were cases (Group 1) and 93 were controls (Group 2) as per our study design. Number of perforations per month were statistically higher in Group 1 in comparison to Group 2 (i-e 18 patients per month vs 8.4 patients per month, p |
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