Modifiable Factors for Prevention of Childhood Mortality.
Indian Pediatr
;
2014 January; 51(1): 45-47
Article
Dans Anglais
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-170139
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.
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Disponible
Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Type d'étude:
Étude pronostique
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Indian Pediatr
Année:
2014
Type:
Article
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