Aikhionbare H A, Yakubu A M, Naida A M
Cent Afr J Med. 1989 May;35(5):393-6.
Three hundred and seven (307) deaths were recorded out of 3,155 admissions into the Emergency Paediatric Unit of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria between January 1st and December 31st 1986, giving a percentage mortality of 9.9 percent. 67 percent of the patients who died were aged between one month and twenty four months, and the overall male: female ratio of deaths was 1:1.04. Measles with complications was the commonest cause of death (24.1 percent) closely followed by protein energy malnutrition (23 percent) and respiratory tract infection (18 percent). Over half of the patients (57.6 percent) died less than 24 hours after admission. As most deaths resulted from preventable conditions, the implications of this finding, and suggestions on how to improve the situation are discussed.
1986年1月1日至12月31日期间，在扎里亚阿马杜·贝洛大学教学医院儿科急诊室收治的3155名患儿中，有307人死亡，死亡率为9.9%。死亡患者中有67%的年龄在1个月至24个月之间，死亡的总体男女比例为1:1.04。麻疹伴并发症是最常见的死亡原因（24.1%），其次是蛋白质能量营养不良（23%）和呼吸道感染（18%）。超过一半的患者（57.6%）在入院后不到24小时死亡。由于大多数死亡是由可预防的疾病导致的，本文讨论了这一发现的意义以及如何改善这种情况的建议。
