AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY TO KNOW EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EEFECTS ON ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Objective: To know the seasonality and frequency of acute appendicitis in different age and sex groups. Work Design: A Cross section descriptive study. Place and Duration: In DHQ Hospital Faisalabad for two year duration from June 2016 to June 2018 after approval from the ethical committee. Material and methods: The data of all cases diagnosed with appendicitis between the ages of 5 and 70 years were recorded in the registry of the hospital's pavilion and operating room. Urinary tract infection, ovarian cysts cases were not selected. The data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows version 21. Results: The total number of patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis in this period ranged from 559, mean age 24.66 (mean ± SDD), 325 male patients and 234 persons, ranging from 5 to 70 years. women (ratio of men to women). 1.4: 1). In the adolescent age group, acute appendicitis was more common (47.76%). Appendicitis frequencies were higher in summer and spring (28.5% each) and lower in autumn (21.5%). Conclusion: In this study, there were significant differences in the prevalence of acute appendicitis in adolescents, males, and in the spring and summer seasons. Key words: appendicitis, appendectomy, epidemiology.