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Table 4 Top ten and co-morbidity cases of death in PED at TASTH, Addis Ababa, from 2012 to 2016 inclusive

From: Prevalence and associated factors of pediatric emergency mortality at Tikur Anbessa specialized tertiary hospital: a 5 year retrospective case review study

Top ten diseases

Secondary causes of mortality (N (%))

Malnutrition

Congenital heart defect

Down syndrome

Malignancy tumor

Low birth weight

Prematurity

HIV

Diabetes mellitus

Pneumonia (n = 30)

17 (56.7)

7 (23.3)

2 (6.7)

1 (3.3)

 

1 (3.3)

2 (6.7)

 

Congestive heart failure (n = 43)

9 (20.9)

21 (48.8)

10 (23.3)

2 (4.6)

  

1 (2.4)

 

Sepsis (n = 11)

4 (36.4)

4 (36.3)

1 (9.1)

  

1 (9.1)

 

1 (9.1)

Meningitis (n = 8)

1 (12.5)

 

3 (37.5)

 

2 (25)

2 (25)

  

Hypovolemic shock (n = 8)

3 (37.5)

2 (25)

3 (37.5)

     

Hematological malignancy (n = 11)

7 (63.6)

  

4 (36.4)

    

Anemia (n = 4)

3 (75.0)

   

1 (25.0)

   

Tuberculosis (n = 5)

4 (80.0)

     

1 (20.0)

 

Abdominal mass (n = 1)

   

1 (100)

    

Renal failure (n = 1)

1 (100)