Determinants of morbidity and mortality following emergency abdominal surgery in children in low-income and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child health is a key priority on the global health agenda, yet the provision of essential and emergency surgery in children is patchy in resource-poor regions. This study was aimed to determine the mortality risk for emergency abdominal paediatric surgery in low-income countries globally.

Methods

Multicentre, international, prospective, cohort study. Self-selected surgical units performing emergency abdominal surgery submitted prespecified data for consecutive children aged <16 years during a 2-week period between July and December 2014. The United Nation's Human Development Index (HDI) was used to stratify countries. The main outcome measure was 30-day postoperative mortality, analysed by multilevel logistic regression.

Results

This study included 1409 pa

SUBMITTER: GlobalSurg Collaborative 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5321375 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature