Medical Causes of Death in a Teaching Hospital in South-Eastern Nigeria: A 16 Year Review
Niger. j. clin. pract. (Online)
; 17(6): 711-716, 2015.
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em Inglês
| AIM (África)
| ID: biblio-1267124
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Most developing regions of the world are undergoing gradual epidemiological transition resulting in high burden of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. This affects the pattern of death in this region.Objective:
The objective of this study is to determine the causes of death in the medical wards of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital; Ituku/Ozalla; Enugu; South-East Nigeria from 1995 to 2010. Materials andMethods:
Data were collected retrospectively from January 1995 to December 2010. Statistical Analysis Used Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Inc. Chicago; IL; USA) version 17.0 was used. Simple descriptive statistics were done. Student's t-test was used to compare means of continuous variables; while Chi-square test was used to test significance of differences between two proportions.Results:
The mortality rate was 22.8 (6250/27;514) admissions. The male to female ratio was 1.71. Infections (20.2) were the most common cause of death. However; chronic kidney disease was the single most common disease entity causing death (12.3). Other important causes of death in order of prevalence were cerebrovascular accident (10.5); acquired immune deficiency syndrome and tuberculosis either alone or as co-infection (10.3); heart failure (8.8); chronic liver disease (7.0); septicemia (6.5); respiratory failure (5.3); diabetes mellitus (4.6); cardiac arrhythmias (2.9); and primary liver cell carcinoma (2.7). There were few deaths from tetanus; malaria; typhoid fever; and coronary artery disease.Conclusion:
Mortality is high in our medical wards and reflects the emerging trend of mixed disease spectrum comprising communicable and noncommunicable diseases
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Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Malária
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Tuberculose
Base de dados:
AIM (África)
Assunto principal:
Ensino
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Doença Crônica
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Doenças Transmissíveis
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Causas de Morte
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Revisão
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Hospitais
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Fatores de risco
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Niger. j. clin. pract. (Online)
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
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