ABSTRACT
Introduction: Acute food bolus obstruction in esophagus is common emergency in otorhinolaryngology. It is a distressing condition and most patient present with complaint of dysphagia. Various methods are used to remove the impacted esophageal food bolus. Conservative management is safe and effective method of treating such cases
Objective: We determine the frequency of patients passing the impacted esophageal food bolus spontaneously by conservative management
Study period: Duration of study was six months from 1-10-2010 to 30-03-2011
Sample size: Sample size was calculated by using WHO sample size calculator taking level of significance 95% and P value 68% and margin of error 10%. The sample was 85
Study design: Descriptive case series
Sampling technique: Non-probability consecutive sampling
Methodology: We admitted in our department, all the patients presenting with esophageal food bolus obstruction, fulfilling the inclusion criteria. We confirm the diagnosis by asking the patient about their feeling of obstruction and giving them a glass of water to drink. Then all the patients were given conservative management for 24 hrs. Within 24 hrs, all those patients who felt that their food bolus has passed and were able to drink a glass of water easily, were considered as successful cases
Results: 67 patients out of 85 [78.8] % passed their impacted esophageal food bolus spontaneously by conservative management.49 / 85 patients were male while 39/85 were females. The age range in the patients was 17 to 81 years
Conclusion: The conservative management is safe, cost effective and effective method in managing the patients presenting with esophageal food bolus obstruction
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The mass spread of orthodontic setups in Pakistan highlights the need of having data for planning orthodontic therapy need. The worldwide prevalence of posterior cross bite ranges from 8 percent - 28 percent and varies between ethnic groups and by age and gender. This study was design to find out the frequency of posterior X-bite [PXC] and its gender distribution in our population
Objective: The purpose of present study was to estimate the frequency of PXC among patients visiting Faisalabad medical university
Study design: A cross sectional study
Setting: Department of Orthodontics and ENT, Faisalabad medical university
Duration of study: 6 months from 15.3.2017 to 15.09.2017. Sample size: The calculated sample size was 300 patients. Sampling technique: Purposive sampling technique. Data collection procedure: Clinical intraoral examination was used to confirm the presence of PXC. Using established recording criteria, a single operator assessed the posterior crossbites in a sample of 300 patients. The data was analyzed in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software package [SPSS] 20
Results: The mean age of the patients was 13.46+/-4.34 years. The frequency of PXC was found to be 20 percent. Male to female ratio was 1:1. Bilateral PXC was more prevalent
Conclusion: Frequency of posterior X-bite was found to be 20 percent and both genders were equally affected, with bilateral type more prevalent as compared to unilateral type. Further studies are suggested in order to further clarify and provide more accurate calculations of the PXC frequency in Pakistani subjects