%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemiological Profile of Pediatric Vital Emergencies at Laquintinie Hospital of Douala, Cameroon
%A Penda Calixte Ida
%A Endal¨¨ Mangamba Mireille-Laurent
%A Sam¨¨ Bebey Francine
%A Maledje Kamgang Kiliane Lariale
%A Eposse Ekoub¨¨ Charlotte
%A Eyoum Bil¨¨ Bertrand
%A Kedy Koum Dani¨¨le
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 148-160
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2021.111014
%X <strong>Introduction</strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><strong>:</strong></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">In the absence of health coverage in resource
limited-settings, </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">life-saving pediatric
emergencies remain a challenge. The objective of our</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> study </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">was to describe the epidemiological profile of
life-threatening pediatric</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> emergencies at Laquintinie Hospital in Douala
(HLD).</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods</span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> A cross-sectional study was carried out for a
period of 3 months, from March to May 2017 in the pediatric emergency unit of
HLD enrolling all children presenting a life-threatening emergency on
admission. Local emergency kits and an internal </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">deferred cost recovery voucher or ¡°green voucher¡± were used to
facilitate</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> access to care for children on admission. The
socio-demographic, clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary characteristics were
collected and analyzed using SPSS software version 20.0. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results</span></b></span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">A total of 135 children were enrolled and the sex
ratio was 1.54. The mean age was 3.8 years </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡À</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">4.05 and </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">80.7% of the children were
under 5 years old. The majority of children (82.9%)</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> admitted to the
emergency room came from peripheral health structures. The hospital prevalence
of life-saving emergencies was 42.4%. The mean time to consultation after the
onset of symptoms was 5.9 days and 66.0% of admissions were made </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">during the 3 p.m. to 8 a.m. time slot. More than
4/5 of emergencies were</span> <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">neurological,
respiratory and cardio-circulatory emergencies representing</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> 35.6%
%K Vital Emergencies
%K Pediatrics
%K Douala Laquintinie Hospital
%K Cameroon
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=108120