Retrospective analysis of disease spectrum of fever patients.
- VernacularTitle:发热病例疾病谱的回顾性分析
- Author:
Xiaolin GUO
;
Yan GAO
;
Xia YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Fever;
Disease spectrum;
Retrospective analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine
2001;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To describe the disease's spectrum of fever patients,especially to analyze the epidemic characterization of infectious diseases,to offer the proof for fever department in screening of infectious diseases.Methods A total of 15081 patients were analyed for patients presenting to the Infectious Diseases Department,People's Hospital,Peking University,between June 2005 to May 2006.A retrospective study was used to analyze the disease's spectrum and epidemic characterization.Results Among the disease's spectrum of fever patients,the first leading cause was respiratory diseases(78.22%),followed by infection with the special patients(10.50%)、acute gastroenteritis(3.57%)、the infection at other site with etiological factor determined(2.82%)、infectious diseases(2.30%)、urinary system infection(2.06%) and fever of unknown origin(0.53%),respectively;Among the spectrum of infectious diseases,the first leading cause was infectious diarrheal disease(29.97%),followed by measles(24.78%)、lung tuberculosis(11.24%).Conclusion The spectrum of fever is complex.To obtain the epidemic characterization of infectious diseases,it's helpful to the fever department to screen and prevent the infectious diseases.