Aetiological and demographic profile of patients who had undergone electro diagnostic studies
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
Electrodiagnostic (EDX) studies are an important diagnostic modality in the evaluation of patients with neuromuscular disorders. It is an extension of clinical examination and hence to be performed by a physician with in depth knowledge of electro and neurophysiology. EDX studies utilize principles of electrophysiology to delineate neuro physiological disorders for diagnostic confirmation, prognostication and for assessment of efficacy of management. Though this modality is extensively used by the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; an analysis on profile of patients who underwent the procedure is lacking; hence in this study an attempt was done to delineate the aetiological and demographic profile of such patients; so that the results can be utilized for the betterment of services for patients with neuromuscular disorders. Materials and Methods It is a descriptive study based on secondary data of hospital records of 500 patients who have had EDX studies in the electrophysiology laboratory which is functioning at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation centre of a tertiary care hospital for a period of two years from June 2015 to May 2017. Results Out of 500 cases studied 337 were females (67.4%), 163 males (32.6%) with F: M = 2:1. Age ranges from 2 years to 81 years with a mean age of 40.5. Majority belongs to 30 to 60 years age group (75.6%). Most commonly performed EDX study is nerve conduction study (93.8%); which was done for the evaluation of carpal tunnel syndrome (61.4%), peripheral nerve injury (32.6%),Hansen’s disease (6.4%)and Guillain Barre Syndrome ,motor neuron disease etc(6.2%).CTS was more among females (86%) but peripheral nerve injury was more among males (64.6%). Conclusion Most commonly done EDX investigation was Nerve conduction study. Carpal tunnel syndrome was the most common indication for EDX. CTS was more common in females and post traumatic peripheral nerve injury among males.
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Dr. Roy Rama Chandran
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