Vidushi Mahajan1, Amarpreet Kaur, Amit Sharma, Chandrika Azad, Vishal Guglani. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, India. Correspondence to: Dr Vidushi Mahajan, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, India. vidushimahajan2003@yahoo.co.in.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To know the disease-related causes of child mortality and identify socially modifiable factors affecting child mortality among hospitalized children aged >1 month-18 years in a referral hospital of North India. METHODS: Causes of death (ICD-10 based) were extracted retrospectively from hospital files (n=487) from 17 March 2003 to 30 June 2012. Modifiable factors were prospectively studied in 107 consecutive deaths from 6 October 2011 to 30 June 2012. RESULTS: Pneumonia, CNS infections and diarrhea were the most common disease-related causes of child mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Amongst modifiable factors, administrative issues were most common followed by family-related reasons and medical-personnel related problems.
OBJECTIVE: To know the disease-related causes of child mortality and identify socially modifiable factors affecting child mortality among hospitalized children aged >1 month-18 years in a referral hospital of North India. METHODS: Causes of death (ICD-10 based) were extracted retrospectively from hospital files (n=487) from 17 March 2003 to 30 June 2012. Modifiable factors were prospectively studied in 107 consecutive deaths from 6 October 2011 to 30 June 2012. RESULTS: Pneumonia, CNS infections and diarrhea were the most common disease-related causes of child mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Amongst modifiable factors, administrative issues were most common followed by family-related reasons and medical-personnel related problems.
Authors: Edem M A Tette; Mame Y Nyarko; Edmund T Nartey; Margaret L Neizer; Adolph Egbefome; Fredua Akosa; Richard B Biritwum Journal: BMC Pediatr Date: 2016-08-31 Impact factor: 2.125