The spectrum of acute illness and mortality of children and adolescents presenting to emergency services in Sanghar district hospital, Pakistan: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe presenting diagnoses and rates and causes of death by age category and sex among children with acute illness brought to a district headquarter hospital in Pakistan.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Sanghar district headquarter hospital, Sindh, Pakistan between December 2019 and April 2020 and August 2020 and December 2020.

Participants

3850 children 0-14 years presenting with acute illness to the emergency and outpatient departments and 1286 children admitted to the inpatient department.

Outcome measures

The primary outcome was Global Burden of Disease diagnosis category. Secondary outcomes were 28-day mortality rate, cause of death and healthcare delays, defined as delay in care-seeking, delay in reaching the healthcare fac

SUBMITTER: Muttalib F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11344522 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature