Pattern of diseases in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital of Lahore: a retrospective study

The study was conducted to determine the frequency of different diseases encountered in a medical ward of a tertiary care hospital.

This was a cross-sectional study carried out in the Department of Medicine at Mayo Hospital Lahore using medical records of admitted patients from September to November 2021.

A total of 381 patients were included in the study. The age group with the highest admission was 56–60 years. Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease was the most common disease (19.4%), followed by Ischemic Heart Disease (17.3%), Septic shock/Septicemia (9.4%), Cerebrovascular Accident (8.4%), Meningoencephalitis (7.3%) & Chronic Kidney Disease (6.6%).

Knowledge about the most prevalent diseases in medical wards can help guide future policy making & better management of diseases on a day to day basis.