HBV & HCV – Awareness in Acute Abdomen Emergency Cases
Published: June 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4414
Hardeep Singh Gill, Gurmanpreet Gill, Amarjit Kaur Gill
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, India.
3. Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Hardeep Singh Gill,
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda-151001, India.
Phone : 09888507626, E-mail : hardeepgill77@gmail.com
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.
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