ArticleMedical journal, Armed Forces India2021
Seasonal variation of acute appendicitis: An Armed Forces experience of high altitude.
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backgroundLifetime prevalence of Acute Appendicitis is about 6-7%.The seasonal variation is nearly an established fact with most of the studies suggesting that cases are more in summer and during the rainy season. There are few studies globally for evaluating the impact of altitude and temperature on the incidence of acute appendicitis. In India no such study has been reported. With this in view, a study was conducted on the incidence of acute appendicitis to evaluate the effect of absolute temperature in high altitudes >10000 ft.
methodsRetrospective data collected for a period of five years from 2015 to 2019 for the three centres of Armed Forces, located at high altitude 10,500, 11,500 and 12,000 ft respectively and the three temperature categories viz.< 0 °C, 0-20 °C and >20 °C were made to infer if there is any correlation between these parameters.
resultsA total of 317 cases were operated in a period of 05 yrs at the three centres. In the three categories of temperature viz < 0 °C, 0-20 °C and >20 °C the total number of cases were 84,124 and 109 respectively over period of 5 yrs. The proportion of cases were maximum at altitude of 12000 ft. On evaluation of the effect of altitude and absolute temperature positive correlation is found.
conclusionThe analysis of the maiden study that was conducted for high altitude and extreme cold climate in India indicated a positive correlation of the altitude and the effect of absolute temperature on the occurrence of cases of Acute Appendicitis.
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