在患者肺炎重症和病例死亡率在儿童超过二十年在联邦教学医院,戈姆贝 (FTHG) 的儿童
West African journal of medicine
|November 16, 2023
概括
儿童肺炎是全球主要的健康问题,特别是在发展中国家. 这项研究显示,尼日利亚的儿科肺炎病例死亡率高达10.2%,突出显示急需进行干预.
科学领域:
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 肺炎是全世界儿童死亡的主要原因,不成比例地影响发展中国家.
- 尼日利亚在全球范围内承担了儿童肺炎死亡的最高负担,这凸显了当地研究的关键需求.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定儿童肺炎病例死亡率 (CFR).
- 分析2000-2019年肺炎CFR的趋势.
- 确定与肺炎死亡率相关的人口和季节性因素.
主要方法:
- 对所有儿科肺炎入院病例 (0-18岁) 和死亡病例的回顾性分析.
- 使用ICD-10分类来识别病例.
- 基于临床和/或放射特征的诊断.
主要成果:
- 在26,716例入院中,共有1151名儿童患有肺炎,其中118例死亡,CFR为10.2%.
- 在0-5岁儿童和雨季期间观察到的入院率最高.
- 病例死亡率因族群而异,Kanuri族群的病例死亡率最高 (56.2%).
结论:
- 在研究环境中,儿童肺炎的病例死亡率仍然很高.
- 在不同族群中存在CFR的显著差异.
- 进一步的有针对性的干预措施至关重要,以减少脆弱人群中与肺炎相关的死亡率.
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