Prevalence of Appendicitis at Surgery Inpatient Department of a Secondary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Study

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Published: Oct 12, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmscrs/v2-i10-07
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Appendicitis Prevalences Descriptive study

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Azhar Naufaldi Saputra
Medical Doctor, General Practitioner Department, Margono Soekarjo Hospital, Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia.
Sutan Malik Ibrahim
Medical Doctor, Medical Faculty of Genderal Soedirman University, Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia.
Ferdi Wiweko Ardianto
Surgeon, Surgical Department, Margono Soekarjo Hospital, Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia.

Abstract

Background: Appendicitis is an acute inflammation that occurs in the vermiform appendix. The incidence of appendicitis in Indonesia was reported at 5 per 1000 population with the number of cases reaching 10 million annually and was the highest incidence in ASEAN. The present study was conducted to assess the prevalence of Appendicitis in RST Tk.III Wijayakusuma Purwokerto.


Method: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study that determine the prevalence of appendicitis at RST Tk.III Wijayakusuma Purwokerto during January 2020 – December 2020.  Descriptive analysis was performed for age, sex, chief complaints, complications, laboratory tests of blood leucocytes, patient conditions on hospital discharge, and patient length of hospital stays (LOS). 


Result: The highest incidence in persons aged 10 – 19 (29.03%), that females had higher rates (51.61%), the most common presenting complain was pain in right lower abdomen with 93.54% , that 61.29% were developed the complications, the highest proportion were in the group of  blood leucocytes ≥10.000/mm3 about 83.87%, patients were planned for continuing in outpatient care with 87.09%, and the highest proportion were belonged to the LOS group of 4 – 5 days that 35.48%.


Conclusion: Our Study concluded that female were affected more by appendicitis, most common age for appendicitis was 10-19 years, the most presenting complain was pain in right lower abdomen that more developed in to complications with highest propotion were blood leucocytes ≥10.000/mm3 with patients were planned for continuing in outpatient care and the most LOS was 4-5 days.

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Saputra, A. N., Ibrahim, S. M., & Ardianto, F. W. . (2022). Prevalence of Appendicitis at Surgery Inpatient Department of a Secondary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Study . International Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research Studies, 2(10), 1059–1063. https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmscrs/v2-i10-07
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