Mortality pattern within the first twenty four hours of emergency Paediatric admission in resource poor nation health facility.

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dc.contributor.authorAdeboye, M. A. N.
dc.contributor.authorOjuawo, A.
dc.contributor.authorErnest, S. K.
dc.contributor.authorFadeyi, A.
dc.contributor.authorSalisu, O. T.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-18T08:44:07Z
dc.date.available2019-10-18T08:44:07Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Mortality among emergency paediatric admissions within the first 24 hours is high in resource- poor nations. Measures to reduce the childhood mortality rate can only be effectively planned and implemented when the causes and magnitude of this problem are well defined. OBJECTIVE: To determine the mortality pattern among emergency paediatric admissions within the first 24 hours in a health facility in Nigeria. METHODS: The clinical state and progress of post-neonatal patients who presented alive and were admitted into the emergency paediatric room of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria were monitored over a period of six months. The monitoring included records of diagnosis and outcome of management. RESULTS: A total of 606 children were admitted during the period of study out of which 51(8.4%) died. Twenty-nine (57%) of the deaths occurred within the first 24 hours of admission comprising 15 (51.7%) males and 14 (48.3%) females giving M:F ratio of about of 1:1. Majority of the deaths were among patients who reported late to the hospital. Loss of consciousness was a strong risk factor for mortality within 24 hours of admission. The highest mortality within the first 24 hours of admission was recorded among patients with malaria (89.0%) followed by protein energy malnutrition. CONCLUSION: Majority of deaths among emergency paediatric admission occur within the first 24 hours of admission and are associated with clinical conditions such as malaria and protein-energy malnutrition for which sustained intervention strategies must be developed.en_US
dc.identifier.uriwww.wacs.org
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2735
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWest African Medical College of Physician.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 29;Issue 4
dc.subjectEmergency Paediatric Admissionen_US
dc.subjectResource-Poor Nation Health Facilityen_US
dc.subjectMortality Patternen_US
dc.titleMortality pattern within the first twenty four hours of emergency Paediatric admission in resource poor nation health facility.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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