| Statistical Observation on the Mortality for the Hospitalized Patients. |
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E S Suh, S Y Chung, S H Kim, T W Paik, T C Kwon, C M Kang |
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Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Taegu, Korea |
| 소아 사망환아에 대한 통계적 관찰 |
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서은숙, 정순용, 김성호, 백태원, 권태찬, 강진무 |
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계명대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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The statistical analysis on the mortality for the patients under the age of 15 years which were hospitalized to Pediatric Department of Keimyung University, Dong San Hospital during the period of 5 years from. January 1979 through December 1983 were carried out. Out of 19,409 hospitalized patients, 576 were death, showing 2.97% mortality and the leading causes of death were sepsis(20.4%), pneumonia(13.8%) and toxic encephalopathy
(9.7%) in order. The mortality rate was highest during the neonatal period revealing 46.7% and had tendency of decreasing the mortality as the increasing the age. There was some difference of the causes of death in each age group. In the neonatal period, sepsis was the most frequent(29.3%) followed by premturity(17.6%) and IRDS
(17.6%). After 1 month to 6 years of age, toxic encephalopathy(20.2〜23.0%) was the most frequent,
pneumonia(ll. 2~16.9%) and sepsis(11.2〜15.6%) in order. Over 6 years of age, the most common was Japanese B encephalitis(15.8%) and along with the increasing the age, leukemia(12.5%) and hepatitis(12.5%) appeared as a important causes. 55.5% of expired cases died within 48 hours following hospitalization.
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| Key Words:
Mortality. |
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