International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Mahfuza Chowdhury
Department of Anatomy, Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College, Gazipur, BangladeshPublications
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Research
Aetiological Spectrum of Acute Hepatitis in Children: Experience of a Tertiary Care Hospital of Bangladesh
Author(s): Md. Wahiduzzaman Mazumder*, Maimuna Sayeed, Mahfuza Chowdhury and ASM Bazlul Karim
Introduction: Acute hepatitis may be caused by a variety of insults which may also progress to acute liver failure a condition associated with high morbidity and mortality without a liver transplant. It is important to establish the underlying etiology of acute hepatitis, as the outcome varies according to etiology and the risk of progression to acute liver failure also differs accordingly. Objectives: The present study was undertaken to identify the underlying etiology of Acute Hepatitis in children under16 years of age admitted at the Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, a tertiary care hospital of Bangladesh. Methodology: It was a retrospective review of medical records from November 2014 through October 2016. Results: During this period a total of 126 patients were diagnosed to have acute hepatitis. Etiology w.. Read More»
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