%0 Journal Article %T Epidemiology of Admissions in a Pediatric Emergency Department in Albert Royer Hospital Dakar %A Aliou Thiongane %A Aliou Abdoulaye Ndongo %A Amadou Sow %A Younoussa Keita %A Djibril Boiro %A Yaye Joor Dieng %A Idrissa Basse %A Ndiogou Seck %A Lisimo Abwa Hilaire %A Papa Moctar Faye %A Amadou Lamine Fall %A Assane Sylla %A Saliou Diouf %A Ousmane Ndiaye %J Open Journal of Pediatrics %P 188-195 %@ 2160-8776 %D 2022 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojped.2022.121020 %X Background: Pediatric emergencies are a public health priority in Senegal. The objective was to describe the epidemiology of admissions to the emergency department of the Albert Royer National Children’s Hospital in Dakar, Senegal. Methods: Prospective, descriptive and analytical study over a period of 4 months (January-April 2020). The study population was children admitted for vital distress. Results: A total of 300 children met the inclusion criteria and represented the study population (2.83%). The majority (70.67%) were younger than 60 months, compared with 2.00% of newborns. Boys represented 53.8%, sex ratio 1.16. A proportion of 35.1% was referred. More than half of our patients (55.88%) were managed within 30 minutes of arrival. Medicalized transport concerned 21.5% against 78.5% of nonmedicalized. Emergencies were dominated by respiratory distress (56.33%), dehydration (29%) and shock (13.33%). We recorded 16 deaths (5.3%). This mortality was significantly related to the low socio-economic level (p = 0.000), as well as the young age of the children (p = 0.01). Conclusion: Life-threatening emergencies are frequent and responsible for significant lethality. Health policy efforts are still needed to reduce this infant and child morbidity and mortality. %K Children %K Emergencies %K Morbidity %K Mortality %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=115706