Abstract: The aim of this study was to know if there is any difference in length of stay in hospital if we use Steroid, and also to assess the most common organism that cause acute follicular tonsillitis in Al Noor hospital in patients with positive throat swab. A retrospective cohort study for total of 148 patients who had admitted in Al Noor Specialty Hospital in Makkah in period between 2011-2016 with Acute Follicular tonsillitis “AFT”. A 38 patient with AFT received IV steroid either dexamethasone or Hydrocortisone while the rest did not receive any type of steroid. the data was collected by reviewing the file of those patients then filling a sheet that include personal data, diagnosis, length of stay, steroid use and its frequency, throat swab and their result, sensitivity of organism to Antibiotics, type of antibiotics that had been used. As for the result of throat swab most of the pateint had no growth (58,7%) and swab (33,3%). Checking the sensitivity of organism to ABx showed that most of the patient had no sensitivity to any organism. Only a few (1-1) had sensitive to ampillicin, cefuroxine, metronidazole, clindamycin, penicellin, gentamicin, levofloxacin, vancomycin, clindamycin. Most of the patients (73,4%) didn't use any steroid, 12% used dexamethasone. The association between steroid and decrease the length of stay in hospital for those patients with acute tonsillitis was significant in effect, as reflected by P values above the conventional (P>0.5) which is a significance level.
Keywords: follicular tonsillitis, personal data, diagnosis, length of stay, organism to Antibiotics, hospital.
Title: Effect of Steroid Use on the Length of Staying in Hospital in Acute Follicular Tonsillitis Patients in Al Noor Specialties Hospital in Makkah Between the period of 2011-2016
Author: HABIBULLAH, AMMAR HUSSAIN M., NAIF AHMAD ALFATTANI, ALTHQAFI, AHMED HAMED A., BUKHARI, DEEMAH HOSNI., REHAB FAISAL SIMSIM., HALAWANI, FAWZIAH ALI.
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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