Introduction:In the absence of health coverage in resource
limited-settings, life-saving pediatric
emergencies remain a challenge. The objective of our study was to describe the epidemiological profile of
life-threatening pediatric emergencies at Laquintinie Hospital in Douala
(HLD).Methods: 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 deferred cost recovery voucher or “green voucher” were used to
facilitate 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. Results: A total of 135 children were enrolled and the sex
ratio was 1.54. The mean age was 3.8 years ±4.05 and 80.7% of the children were
under 5 years old. The majority of children (82.9%) 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 during the 3 p.m. to 8 a.m. time slot. More than
4/5 of emergencies wereneurological,
respiratory and cardio-circulatory emergencies representing 35.6%
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