Abstract: Information about the distribution of causes of child mortality should be periodically updated because the causes can be different from time to another. We report the latest estimates of causes of child mortality in 2012.The main objective of this study is to determine the main causes of death in pediatric emergency room and evaluate of pediatric emergency room at Al-Sabin hospital- Sana'a. Yemen.
Methods: A retrospective study of 300 children aged 0-15 years, who died in the hospital within a 2 months period. This study was carried out at emergency pediatric room at Al-Sabin hospital- Sana'a Yemen, between July 2012 and August 2012. Children who were admitted to the pediatric emergency room and died in it were included in this study. Data were collected from patient's files, hospital register and death certificate to ascertain the cause of death and their percentage.
Results:Out of 300 admissions to the pediatric emergency room, 185 (61.7%) were males and 115 (38.3%) were females (Mean is (1.3) and standard deviation is (0.48) .there were 49 children deaths (16.3%). Deaths were higher among those <5 years of age. The most common causes of deaths in the pediatric emergency room were chest infections (5.3%) followed by malnutrition (3.7%), dehydration (3.7%), unknown causes (1.0%), complicated cases (1.0%), gastroenteritis (0.7%), family uncared (0.7%) and E.R uncared 0.3%.
Conclusions: Child survival strategies should direct resources toward the leading causes of child mortality, with attention focusing on infectious causes. We will need accelerated reduction for the most common causes of death, notably pneumonia and malnutrition complications. Continued efforts to gather high-quality data and enhance estimation methods are essential for the improvement of future estimates.
The percentage of deaths on admission among children is more than it was previously,. The majority of the causes of death is chest infection and it should be preventable. Efforts to further reduce the mortality should be directed at prevention and early treatment
Keywords: child mortality, Child survival strategies, complicated cases.
Title: Causes of Children Death in Emergency Room at Al-Sabin Hospital _Sana'a
Author: Aziza Hussein Alqarbi, Sahara Hashim Shamsan, Alhambra Ahmed Raweh
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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