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Etiology Of Acute Undifferentiated Fever In Patients Presenting To The Emergency Department Of A Tertiary Care Center In Karachi, Pakistan, Noman Ali, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Shahid Shahid, Syed Mustahsan
Etiology Of Acute Undifferentiated Fever In Patients Presenting To The Emergency Department Of A Tertiary Care Center In Karachi, Pakistan, Noman Ali, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Shahid Shahid, Syed Mustahsan
Department of Emergency Medicine
Objective: Our study aimed at identifying the characteristics and etiology of various causes of acute undifferentiated fever in patients presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital.
Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted at the department of emergency medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital from January to June 2016. Adult patients presenting to Emergency department with acute undifferentiated fever were enrolled. Descriptive statistics were calculated in terms of mean±SD for continuous variables like age of the patients and duration of fever, whereas frequency and percentage were computed for categorical variables like gender and causes of fever.
Results: A …