The Causes of Mortality among Pediatrics Patients in Ahmed Gassim Teaching Hospital at Khartoum State, Sudan

Abstract

Marya Hasan Saif Al-Mousa, Mohammed Hammad Jaber Amin*, Mona Babiker Elsayed-Elbadri and Munira Dawod Alla Jabo Korsi

Introduction: Child mortality is a topic that occupies the whole world, and Sudan like other countries pays great attention to this issue, and despite the efforts made at the global level to reduce its rates, deaths still have high rates, especially in developing countries.

Objective: To identify the causes of child mortality, to measure the mortality rate, to identify the most common causes of death among those who are under 18 years.

Methodology: The study was a retrospective observational descriptive cross - sectional hospital-based study, which conducted with a total coverage for all children whom admitted to Ahmed Gassim teaching Hospital from January to December 2021. The variables were age, gender, causes of death, diagnosis, Data presentation by documentary sources (medical records, hospital archive) via a questionnaire developed by researcher and analyzed by (SPSS).

Results: 622 deaths out of 6012 admission: shock- sepsis, malnutrition- failure to thrive, congenital heart diseases, pneumonia, meningitis and encephalitis, severe dehydration, anemia, severe malaria, rheumatic fever, liver diseases are the leading causes of death among the study population, with a percentage estimated at 75.8% Contrasted with 24.2% for the other causes of death

Conclusion: The top 10 leading causes of death in children under 18 years old who admitted to Ahmed Gassim teaching Hospital 2021 were shock with sepsis, malnutrition with failure to thrive, congenital heart diseases, pneumonia, meningitis with encephalitis, severe dehydration, anemia, severe malaria, cardiac diseases, and liver diseases respectively. These ten conditions represent 85% of causes of death at this facility.

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