ArticleBMC research notes2018
Assessment of pattern and treatment outcome of patients admitted to pediatric intensive care unit, Ayder Referral Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2015.
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Profile and Clinical Outcome of Pediatric Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit of Assiut University Children Hospital
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- The magnitude of pediatric mortality and determinant factors in intensive care units in a low-resource country, Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Survival and Predictors of Mortality Among Critically Ill Children Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit in a Resource-Limited Setting in Southeastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Mortality Pattern and Risk Factors in Pediatric ICU: A Retrospective Study at Mukalla Maternal and Childhood Hospital in Yemen (2021-2024).Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
- Predictors of survival in pediatric intensive care unit in a low-income country: A retrospective cohort study.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Timing of parenteral nutrition initiation in critically ill children: a randomized clinical trial.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2023Article
- The magnitude of mortality and its predictors among adult patients admitted to the Intensive care unit in Amhara Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Pattern of disease and determinants of mortality among ICU patients on mechanical ventilator in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2023Observational
- Factors Associated with the Outcome of a Pediatric Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit in Resource-Limited Setup: Cross-Sectional Study.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2023Article
- Survival Status and Predictors of Mortality Among Patients Admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Selected Tertiary Care Hospitals in Ethiopia: A Prospective Observational Study.Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics · 2023Article
- Time to recovery and its predictors among critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation from intensive care unit in Ethiopia: a retrospective follow up study.BMC emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Admission Pattern and Treatment Outcome in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Tertiary Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2022Article
- Admission pattern, treatment outcomes, and associated factors for children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit of Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, 2021: a retrospective cross-sectional study.BMC anesthesiology · 2022Article
- Survival and predictors of mortality among patients admitted to the intensive care units in southern Ethiopia: A multi-center cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
- Predictors of Mortality Among Pediatric Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units in Eastern Amhara, Ethiopia: A Prospective Multi-Center Cohort Study.Sage open pediatricsArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe admission pattern and outcome with its predictor variable on the mortality of children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), Ayder Referral Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, from September 2012 to August 2014.
resultFrom 680 admitted patients, 400 patients were analyzed. Average age at admission was 62.99 ± 60.94 months, with F:M ratio of 1:1.2. Overall (from infectious and non-infectious) the most commonly affected systems were respiratory (90/400 pts., 22.5%) and central nervous system (83/400 pts., 20.75%). Most were admitted due to meningitis (44/400 pts., 11%), post-operative (43/400 pts., 10.8%) and acute glomerulonephritis (41/400 pts., 10.3%). The overall mortality rate was 8.5%. Multivariable logistic regression shows, use of inotropes (p = 0.000), need for mechanical ventilator (p = 0.007) and presence of comorbid illness (p = 0.002), infectious cause (p = 0.015) and low level of Glasgow coma scale less than eight (p = 0.04) were independent predictors of mortality. From this study, common cause of PICU admission and death was meningitis. This highlights the importance of focusing on the preventable methods in the public such as vaccine, creating awareness about hygiene, and expanding ICU for early detection and for treatment acutely ill children.
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