%0 Journal Article
%T Paediatric Mortality: Aetiologies and Predictors among Children Aged 1 Month to 15 Years in a Tertiary Hospital in Douala, Cameroon
%A Daniele Kedy Koum
%A Calixte Ida Penda
%A Laurent Mireille Endale
%A Henri Essome
%A Christiana Mpongo Moukongo
%A Loick Pradel Kojom Foko
%A Cecile Okalla Ebongue
%A Diomede Noukeu
%A Dominique Enyama
%A Charlotte Eposse
%A Mbono Rhita
%A Patricia Ep¨Ĥe Eboumbou
%A Emile Telesphore Mboudou
%A Paul Koki Ndombo
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 360-378
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2021.113033
%X Background: Children and adolescent mortality remains a public
health concern in developing countries. This study aimed to describe risk
factors and aetiologies of mortality among children and young adolescents at a
tertiary hospital in the town of Douala, Cameroon. Methods: We carried
out a retrospective cohort study from January 1st to May 31st,
2019 among deceased patients aged 1 month to 15 years admitted to the
paediatric ward of the Gynaeco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital. Data of
interest were collected and analysed. Results: Out of 3088 children
admitted, 123 death cases were recorded. The overall hospital mortality rate
was 3.98%. Females accounted for 51% of the deceased patients. Fever was the
main reason for consultation. Severe malaria was the most common diagnosis. In
univariate logistic regression analysis, factors associated with mortality
included hyperthermia (OR = 0.24; 95% CI 0.80 - 1.33; p = 0.012), coma/impaired
consciousness (OR = 0.30; 95% CI 0.10 - 0.88; p = 0.029), pneumonia (OR
= 3.95; 95% CI 1.42