Mahboob Alam Chishti, Amjad H M, Abid Hussainavicenna Medical College Lahore, Kamran Cheema, Akmal Shafiq, Muhammad Kareem Ullah, Saeed Mahmoodlahore General Hospital Lahore Lahore.
Experience of variety of infective manifestations in diabetic patients at surgical floor.
J Allama Iqbal Med Coll Jan ;19(4):813-20.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a silent killer & its presence in the body is responsible for a lot of manifestations for which patients present in different departments in the hospitals. There is a wide range of infective manifestations for which patients present in surgical outpatients & surgical emergencies as well. Objectives: This retrospective study was performed to analyze the wide spectrum of infective manifestations in diabetic patients for which they present at surgical floor. This spectrum was observed both, in frank or incidentally diagnosed diabetic patients. Methods: The study was multicentric & performed at Lahore Medical & Dental College, Lahore from January 2016 to July 2017and Avicenna Medical &Dental College, Lahore from August 2017 to December 2019. All patients presenting in surgical outpatient and surgical emergency were included in the study randomly. The total number of patients were 1000. The whole spectrum of disease manifestations was observed in these patients. This study included frank diabetics as well as incidentally diagnosed diabetic patients. Results: The spectrum of surgical manifestations included every& any kind of infection in any of the human body organs which can be thought. Conclusion: Diabetes mellitus is the culprit for causing a wide spectrum of surgical infections in patients being admitted at surgical floor. Oftenly these patients turn out to be borderline or frank diabetics when investigated for their diseases. Key Words: Surgical Infections, Diabetes Mellitus, Borderline

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