Analysis of Childhood Mortality in Emergency Department
Aim:The aim of the present study was to analyze the mortality rate, demographic characteristics and cause of death in pediatric patients who were referred to our emergency department.Methods:Patients aged 0-18 years with or without arrest within 24 hours of referral, who died due to any reason in th...
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| author | Serkan Doğan Esin Aldemir Utku Murat Kalafat Özgü Hançerli Merih Çetinkaya Başar Cander |
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| description | Aim:The aim of the present study was to analyze the mortality rate, demographic characteristics and cause of death in pediatric patients who were referred to our emergency department.Methods:Patients aged 0-18 years with or without arrest within 24 hours of referral, who died due to any reason in the adult and pediatric emergency departments between January, 1, 2016 and June, 31, 2018, were enrolled and the files were reviewed retrospectively.Results:A total of 82 children, 39 girls (47.6%) and 43 (52.4%) boys-were included in the study. The average age of the children was 66.96±74.61 months (0.03-204 months). In consideration of the seasons, the majority of child deaths in the emergency department occurred during the winter months (35.4%). Excluding the causes other than trauma, the most common reason for arrest was cardiac (39.3%) and respiratory (36.1%) diseases. It was detected that the majority of patients died within a few hours of admission to the emergency department (59.8%).Conclusion:Since most deaths occur within the first 4 hours of admission to pediatric emergency room, childhood cardiovascular and respiratory system diseases require careful evaluation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-755853edeb814604b913b046f26268852023-02-15T16:13:22ZengGalenos YayineviHaseki Tıp Bülteni1302-00722147-26882019-09-0157329029510.4274/haseki.galenos.2019.513613049054Analysis of Childhood Mortality in Emergency DepartmentSerkan Doğan0Esin Aldemir1Utku Murat Kalafat2Özgü Hançerli3Merih Çetinkaya4Başar Cander5 University of Health Sciences, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Emergency Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey University of Health Sciences, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pediatrics, İstanbul, Turkey University of Health Sciences, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Emergency Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey University of Health Sciences, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pediatrics, İstanbul, Turkey University of Health Sciences, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pediatrics, İstanbul, Turkey University of Health Sciences, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Emergency Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey Aim:The aim of the present study was to analyze the mortality rate, demographic characteristics and cause of death in pediatric patients who were referred to our emergency department.Methods:Patients aged 0-18 years with or without arrest within 24 hours of referral, who died due to any reason in the adult and pediatric emergency departments between January, 1, 2016 and June, 31, 2018, were enrolled and the files were reviewed retrospectively.Results:A total of 82 children, 39 girls (47.6%) and 43 (52.4%) boys-were included in the study. The average age of the children was 66.96±74.61 months (0.03-204 months). In consideration of the seasons, the majority of child deaths in the emergency department occurred during the winter months (35.4%). Excluding the causes other than trauma, the most common reason for arrest was cardiac (39.3%) and respiratory (36.1%) diseases. It was detected that the majority of patients died within a few hours of admission to the emergency department (59.8%).Conclusion:Since most deaths occur within the first 4 hours of admission to pediatric emergency room, childhood cardiovascular and respiratory system diseases require careful evaluation. http://www.hasekidergisi.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/analysis-of-childhood-mortality-in-emergency-depar/30317 Emergency department referralchildhoodmortalitypediatric emergency department |
| spellingShingle | Serkan Doğan Esin Aldemir Utku Murat Kalafat Özgü Hançerli Merih Çetinkaya Başar Cander Analysis of Childhood Mortality in Emergency Department Haseki Tıp Bülteni Emergency department referral childhood mortality pediatric emergency department |
| title | Analysis of Childhood Mortality in Emergency Department |
| title_full | Analysis of Childhood Mortality in Emergency Department |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of Childhood Mortality in Emergency Department |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Childhood Mortality in Emergency Department |
| title_short | Analysis of Childhood Mortality in Emergency Department |
| title_sort | analysis of childhood mortality in emergency department |
| topic | Emergency department referral childhood mortality pediatric emergency department |
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