Clinical features of hospitalized herpes zoster patients and comparison of elderly patients with younger patients: tertiary care clinical experience.

Authors : Berkay TEMEL, Ozge Mine ORENAY, Nermin KARAOSMANOĞLU

Pages : 229-232

Doi:10.20492/aeahtd.1171441

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Publication Date : 2022-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim Severalstudies were conducted to determine the characteristics of hospitalized patients withHerpes Zoster. This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of hospitalized especially elderly patients with Herpes Zoster and compare them with young adult patients in tertiary clinic in Turkey. Material and Methods Hospitalized HZ patients were enrolled 2008 and 2020. Age, gender, length of hospitalization, affected dermatomes, treatment agents, comorbidities, complications were recorded from the electronic medical files. Results Totally 82 patients were evaluated.62.2% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=51); of the patients were over 65 years old. In the group over 65 years of age, the proportion of female patients were 54.9% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=28);, cervical dermatome involvement was 49% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=25);, the most common comorbidity is hypertension, the proportion of comorbid patients was 92.2% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=47);, the proportion of immunosuppressive patients were 39.2% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=20);, the most common complication was acute neuralgia, the proportion of complicated patients was 68.6% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=35);, the most commonly used treatment agents were valacyclovir and NSAID. The mean length of hospital stay was 11.9 days. Conclusion Elderly hospitalized patients with HZ tend to be more complicated and have longer hospital stays. Therefore, early treatment is important in this group.
Keywords : herpes zoster, hospitalized, older