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Mortality pattern in the surgical wards: A five year review at Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Nigeria
- Source :
- International Journal of Surgery. 8:381-383
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2010.
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Abstract
- Objective To identify deaths in the surgical wards, elicit the cause of death and suggest changes that will ensure improved surgical care of patients and outcome. Study design Retrospective. Methods Records collected from the theatre operation registers, ward registers and case notes of all patients who were admitted into the surgical wards Federal Medical Centre, Owerri whether elective or emergency from January 1997 to December 2001 were reviewed. Data extracted included date of admission, age, sex, educational status, residence; surgical diagnosis and clinical cause of death Data obtained were analyzed and presented in tabular and descriptive forms. Results There were 4583 surgical admissions in all the surgical wards of which males were 2751 and females 1832. During this period there were 419 deaths with an overall death per admission crude mortality rate of 9.14%. The leading causes of death were acute abdomen (22.20%), RTA with head injury (18.14%) and malignances (14.56%). Of the 419 deaths males were 305 (72.79%) and females 114 (27.21%) in a ratio of 2.68:1. Conclusion Aggressive enlightenment and healthcare campaigns, health education, improvement of healthcare facilities and accessibility to healthcare facilities are highlighted. Structured study in the management of surgical cases is emphasized.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Surgicenters
Surgical wards
Nigeria
Poison control
Review
Occupational safety and health
Young Adult
Patients' Rooms
Injury prevention
Health care
medicine
Humans
Hospital Mortality
Mortality
Child
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Cause of death
Pattern
business.industry
Mortality rate
Infant, Newborn
Infant
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Survival Rate
Acute abdomen
Child, Preschool
Emergency medicine
Female
Surgery
Health education
Medical emergency
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17439191
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ca3f4cbf4cb17d4425e4dbb0a72cd3ed