dc.contributor.author |
de Silva, N.R. |
en_US |
dc.contributor.author |
Guyatt, H.L. |
en_US |
dc.contributor.author |
Bundy, D.A.P. |
en_US |
dc.date.accessioned |
2014-10-29T09:15:08Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-10-29T09:15:08Z |
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dc.date.issued |
1997 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1997; 91(1): pp.31-36 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0035-9203 (Print) |
en_US |
dc.identifier.issn |
1878-3503 (Electronic) |
en_US |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1320 |
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dc.description |
Indexed in MEDLINE |
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dc.description.abstract |
We examined epidemiological aspects of Ascaris-induced intestinal obstruction (AI-IO) through analysis of published reports on the subject. In 9 studies of > or = 100 patients admitted to hospital due to ascariasis, intestinal obstruction was the single most common complication and accounted for 38-87.5% of all complications (weighted mean 72%). The proportion of intestinal obstruction caused by ascariasis was identified in 14 studies from 7 countries with varying degrees of endemic ascariasis. Using relevant data on the duration of the study, the number of beds in the reporting hospital, and the number of hospital beds/1000 population in the area, the number of cases of AI-IO/year/1000 population was estimated from 11 studies. Both the proportion of AI-IO (range 0-0.71) and the number of cases of AI-IO/year/1000 population (range 0-0.25) were significantly related, in a non-linear manner, to the local prevalence of ascariasis (range 0.01-0.92). In 12 studies of > or = 30 patients with AI-IO, the case fatality rates ranged from 0 to 8.6% (weighted mean 5.7%). The mean age of patients with AI-IO was < or = 5 years in 6 of 7 studies in which age was specified. |
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dc.publisher |
Oxford University Press |
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dc.subject |
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic |
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dc.subject |
Ascariasis-epidemiology |
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dc.subject |
Ascaris lumbricoides |
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dc.subject |
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic-epidemiology |
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dc.subject |
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic-mortality |
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dc.subject |
Intestinal Obstruction-epidemiology |
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dc.subject |
Meta-Analysis |
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dc.title |
Morbidity and mortality due to Ascaris-induced intestinal obstruction |
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dc.type |
Article |
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dc.identifier.department |
Parasitology |
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dc.creator.corporateauthor |
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
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