Department of Anesthesia, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
Semanta Dahal is a doctor and researcher at the Department of Anesthesia, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has done many research work related to medical research and anesthesia.
Research Article
The Outcome of Inpatient Acute Febrile Illness in A Referral Tropical Health Center in Nepal
Author(s): Vivek Kattel*, Yamuna Agrawal, Naveen Kumar Pandey, Semanta Dahal and Basudha Khanal
Introduction: Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) is a common clinical syndrome presenting at tropical health centers. The challenges in resource-limited set up are an undifferentiated clinical manifestation with wide differentials and inadequate laboratory diagnostic support. With this background, we conducted a study to look at the outcome of AFI spectrum presented at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), a referral medical school hospital in eastern Nepal.
Objective: To determine the etiological diagnosis and hospital-based outcome of AFI.
Methods: It was a prospective observational study of the AFI inpatient cases in the Department of Internal Medicine from 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2013. Considering a 15% prevalence of acute febrile in patients with a 95% confidence interval and 9.. View more»