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| Author | Chioma Akunnaya Ohanenye Chukwuemeka Ngozi Onyearugha Nneka Chioma Okoronkwo |
| Abstract | Introduction: there is a decline in child mortality rate globally, courtesy of the erstwhile Millennium Development Goals. However, under-five mortality is still high in the African sub-regions. The need to review the morbidity and mortality pattern among children admitted into private health settings, where 60% of the medical conditions of the masses are being attended to in the sub-regions, cannot be overemphasized. This study aimed at documenting the morbidity pattern and outcomes of admissions among children admitted into the Living Word Mission Hospital (LWMH), Aba, Nigeria. Methods: this was a retrospective descriptive study over a 3 year period. The study population comprised of all children aged 1 month to 15 years that were admitted into the paediatric wards of the Living Word Mission Hospital, Aba, Nigeria. The age, gender, diagnoses and disease outcome of these patients, were all retrieved from the paediatric ward registers and hospital medical records. The data were analyzed using SPSS, version 20.0. Results: there were 2278 paediatric medical cases admitted over the study period. Males were 1364 and females were 914, giving a male: female ratio of 1.5:1. More than 90% of these patients were aged < less than 5 years. Severe malaria (31.1%), septicaemia (16.6%), bronchopneumonia (15.4%), uncomplicated malaria (11.9%), acute watery diarrhea (10.5%) and meningitis (3.7%) were the leading causes of admission. Mortality rate was 5.7%, with 87.5% of these deaths occurring in under-fives. Septicaemia (34.6%) and Severe malaria (23.2%) were the leading causes of death. Conclusion: there is a high rate of paediatric admissions at Living Word Hospital, Aba. The under-five population remains a vulnerable group to both childhood morbidity and mortality. Septicaemia, malaria, bronchopnuemonia and acute watery diarrhoea were the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Childhood mortality at LWMH is lower than observed in most government hospitals in Nigeria. |
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| e-ISSN | 19378688 |
| Journal | Pan African Medical Journal |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2021-07-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | General Science Humanities Health Pattern outcome admissions paediatrics Mission Hospital Nigeria |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine Decision Sciences |
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