| Literature DB >> 2776202 |
H A Aikhionbare, A M Yakubu, A M Naida.
Abstract
Three hundred and seven (307) deaths were recorded out of 3,155 admissions into the Emergency Paediatric Unit of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria between January 1st and December 31st 1986, giving a percentage mortality of 9.9 percent. 67 percent of the patients who died were aged between one month and twenty four months, and the overall male: female ratio of deaths was 1:1.04. Measles with complications was the commonest cause of death (24.1 percent) closely followed by protein energy malnutrition (23 percent) and respiratory tract infection (18 percent). Over half of the patients (57.6 percent) died less than 24 hours after admission. As most deaths resulted from preventable conditions, the implications of this finding, and suggestions on how to improve the situation are discussed.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Causes Of Death; Child Mortality; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; English Speaking Africa; Evaluation; Government Sponsored Programs; Health; Health Facilities; Hospitals; Infant Mortality; Mortality; Nigeria; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Dynamics; Programs; Qualitative Evaluation; Research Methodology; Retrospective Studies; Studies; Western Africa
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2776202
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cent Afr J Med ISSN： 0008-9176