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J Nepal Health Res Counc ; 21(2): 214-218, 2023 Dec 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38196210

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BACKGROUND: Pediatric intensive care provides better observation as well as an intensive treatment, which helps to cure, support, and provide better outcomes for sick children. This study aimed to describe the demographic profile and the outcome of PICU patients, and evaluate the relationship of diagnostic categories with treatment and outcome. METHODS: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in a six-bedded PICU from 1 March 2021 to 1 March 2022. Bivariate analysis was used to identify the association between dependent and independent variables. RESULTS: The infants admitted below 6 months of age were 63 (22.3%) and had male predominance accounting for 64%. The main portal of entry of the admitted cases was emergency ward 214(75.6%). Most of the patients 153(54.1%) were admitted for intensive monitoring of their abnormal vitals along with critical care according to our PICU protocol. Respiratory illness 122(43.1%), neurosurgical illness 59(20.8%), and primary infectious disease 52(18.3%) were the common reason for PICU admission. Post-major surgery 2(66.7%), hematological illness 3(37.5%), and cardiac disorders 1(20%) had high mortality rates. Among the portal of admission, the majority of the children (80.0 %) who were admitted to the PICU through the emergency ward died before exiting from the PICU (p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Respiratory illness was the most common cause of admission and post-major surgery had the highest mortality rate. Portal of entry was statistically associated with patient characteristics and had a significant relationship with the outcome. Similar studies in other health institutions are required to further analyze the demographic profile and outcome of pediatric critical care in Nepal.


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Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica , Lactente , Humanos , Criança , Masculino , Feminino , Estudos Transversais , Nepal/epidemiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Demografia
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BMC Pediatr ; 18(1): 28, 2018 02 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29402263

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BACKGROUND: Earthquakes impact child health in many ways. Diseases occurring immediately following an earthquake have been studied in field based hospitals but studies on the inpatient disease pattern among children without trauma in a permanent hospital setup is lacking. METHODS: We examined the diagnoses of all children without trauma, admitted to Kanti Children's Hospital, Kathmandu for fifteen-week duration (from 4th week to end of the 18th week) following the 7.8 magnitude Nepal earthquake on 25th April 2015. The admitted children were grouped based on direct effect of earthquake on their family (house damaged or family member injured or dead) and on whether their place of residence was located in an earthquake affected district. Most common diagnoses were identified and their distribution between the aforementioned groups analyzed to examine differences, if any, in disease occurrence or presentation. The fifteen weeks study duration was divided into three parts of five weeks each, to study trends in illness presentation. Variables were compared among various groups using appropriate statistical tests (p < 0.05). RESULTS: A total of 1057 patients were admitted. The proportion of patients requiring admission for pneumonia, acute gastroenteritis and acute or poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (AGN/PSGN) was significantly higher among children belonging to earthquake affected districts. Proportion of patients with any infective condition was also significantly higher in this group. Acute gastroenteritis and any infective condition were significantly higher among children from substantially affected families. The proportion of AGN/PSGN among admitted patients increased in successive time categories among patients from affected districts and from substantially affected families. Urinary Tract Infection, bronchiolitis, tuberculosis, pleural effusion, protein energy malnutrition/failure to thrive, nephrotic syndrome, meningitis/meningoencephalitis, epilepsy or seizure disorders, leukemia/malignancies, enteric fever, infective hepatitis and congenital heart disease were not significantly different among children from affected and not affected districts or between substantially affected and not affected families. Patients from substantially affected families were admitted to semi-intensive care ward or ICU in significantly higher proportions (12.6% vs 7.8%, p = 0.014). CONCLUSION: Children seeking care for certain diseases were more likely to be from earthquake affected families and districts. Those from affected families required critical care more often.


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Terremotos , Hospitalização/estatística & dados numéricos , Pediatria/estatística & dados numéricos , Centros de Atenção Terciária/estatística & dados numéricos , Doença Aguda , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Gastroenterite/diagnóstico , Glomerulonefrite/diagnóstico , Humanos , Infecções/diagnóstico , Masculino , Nepal/epidemiologia , Pneumonia/diagnóstico , Infecções Estreptocócicas/diagnóstico
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