Adadey Samuel Mawuli, Ayee Richmond, Languon Sylvester, Quansah Darius, Quaye Osbourne
University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Glob Pediatr Health. 2019 Nov 19;6:2333794X19889230. doi: 10.1177/2333794X19889230. eCollection 2019.
. The aim of this study was to identify the frequently diagnosed pediatric diseases in the Volta Region of Ghana, as well as to examine the burden of these diseases. The top pediatric diseases that were frequently diagnosed were malaria, gastroenteritis, systemic infection, anemia, pneumonia, and respiratory tract infection. . Clearance was obtained from the Volta Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service to collect primary data on pediatric hospitalizations in the major hospitals in the Region. Diseases with more than 1000 recorded cases of hospitalizations were considered among the top frequently diagnosed childhood morbidities. . The data suggest that the Northern sector had different seasonal patterns of recorded diagnosed pediatric cases compared with the Central and Southern sectors, which had similar patterns of the reported diseases. Most of the pediatric diseases in the Volta Region were more prevalent during the dry seasons compared with the rainy seasons and resulting in seasonal patterns of hospitalizations. . Although the frequently diagnosed pediatric diseases can be prevented and/or treated, many children are hospitalized, with a proportion of them dying. It is, therefore, important that efforts are made to reduce the burden of pediatric hospitalization.
本研究的目的是确定加纳沃尔特地区常见的儿科疾病，并调查这些疾病的负担。经常诊断出的主要儿科疾病有疟疾、肠胃炎、全身感染、贫血、肺炎和呼吸道感染。已获得加纳卫生服务局沃尔特地区办事处的许可，以收集该地区主要医院儿科住院的原始数据。记录住院病例超过1000例的疾病被视为最常见的儿童发病疾病。数据表明，与中部和南部地区报告疾病模式相似不同，北部地区记录的确诊儿科病例有不同的季节性模式。与雨季相比，沃尔特地区的大多数儿科疾病在旱季更为普遍，从而导致住院的季节性模式。虽然常见的儿科疾病可以预防和/或治疗，但仍有许多儿童住院，其中一部分死亡。因此，努力减轻儿科住院负担非常重要。
