Morbidity pattern of emergencies at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, January-December, 1986
West Indian med. j
; 37(3): 148-51, sept. 1988. ilus, tab
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-76733
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RESUMO
A one-year retrisoective study of paediatric emergencies seen at the Bustamante Hospital for Children for the period January 16 to December 31, 1986 is presentad. Thirty-four per cent (3,918) of a total of 14,495 patients seen in the Casualty Department for 100 randomly days were assessed as emergencies. The most frequently seen emergencies were gastroenteritis (42.55% of total emergencies)followedby bronchcial asthma (23.0%) ans shortness of breath (16.51%). The rigid classification o emergencies by disease category needs to be reappraised
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Morbidity
/
Emergencies
/
Hospitals, Special
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
English Caribbean
/
Jamaica
Language:
English
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1988
Document type:
Article
