An eight year review of diseases in rural Rajasthan.

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dc.contributor.authorGupta, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, L Pen_US
dc.date.accessioned1993-11-01en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-31T03:58:31Z
dc.date.available1993-11-01en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-31T03:58:31Z
dc.date.issued1993-11-01en_US
dc.description.abstractTo study the pattern of various medical diseases seen during specialist medical rural practice, we undertook an analysis of 1362 consecutive cases seen over an eight year period at a rural centre in Rajasthan. Analysis showed that infective diseases e.g. tuberculosis, acute infections, and infection related diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, skin, nervous system and heart formed the largest group with 724 patients (53.2%) as compared with chronic non-infective systemic diseases which were seen in 638 patients (46.8%). Cardiac diseases were seen in 306 patients (22.5%) which included 110 cases with ischaemic heart disease, 38 with hypertension, 110 with rheumatic heart disease, and 48 with other conditions. It is concluded that in rural practice acute and chronic infective diseases, and infection related illnesses (e.g. rheumatic heart disease) are more common than degenerative non-communicable diseases. Thus, more attention is needed in the field of infective diseases which are amenable to prevention and cure. Cardiovascular diseases form a sizeable majority of non-infective medical illnesses.en_US
dc.description.affiliationKD Gupta Medical Centre, Jaipur.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGupta R, Gupta LP. An eight year review of diseases in rural Rajasthan. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 1993 Nov; 41(11): 711-2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/94360
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.japi.orgen_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshDeveloping Countriesen_US
dc.subject.meshFamily Practiceen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMorbidityen_US
dc.subject.meshPatient Care Teamen_US
dc.subject.meshRural Health --trendsen_US
dc.titleAn eight year review of diseases in rural Rajasthan.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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