Ogbeide O U, Akhigbe A O, Okojie O H.
Disease pattern of patients utilizing X-ray services in Benin-city, Nigeria.
Pak J Med Sci Jan ;25(4):601-4.

Objective: Planning for disease prevention requires decision-making authorities to have access to reliable information based on systematic and continuous diseases recording, hence this study. Methodology: This was a descriptive study and subjects were all patient referred to the x-ray department of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City. The information was extracted from their request cards over a period of one year and analyzed. Results: Of the 1,647 patients seen, 794(48.2%) were apparently well while 853 (51.8%) presented with pathological conditions. The ten leading diseases were cardiomegaly, pneumonia (non-tuberculous), pulmonary tuberculosis, degenerated diseases of the spine, fractures of skull, lower and upper limbs, heart failure, abnormal intravenous urography, and sinusitis. It was observed that most of the conditions recorded are preventable. Conclusions: There is therefore the need for effective preventive measures to control these diseases in the at-risk population, so as to reduce disease burden and health care cost.

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