Table 2.

Characteristics of articles on abdominal surgical emergencies among children in LMIC

Country	Study years	Author	Condition	Age	Incidence	Prevalence	Complications/morbidity	Mortality	Cost implications
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Nigeria	2014–2017	Seyi-Olajide et al.	Typhoid intestinal perforation	2–15 years	✔		✔	✔	✔
Nigeria	1996 –2005	Uba et al.	Typhoid intestinal perforation	4–15 years	✔		✔	✔
Pakistan	2016–2019	Azhar et al.	Typhoid intestinal perforation	3–12 years	✔		✔	✔
Ghana	2001 –2005	Abantanga et al.	Typhoid intestinal perforation, appendicitis, abdominal trauma, intestinal obstruction, irreducible hernia, gallbladder disease	1–14 years	✔	✔	✔	✔
Tanzania	2006 –2011	Chalya et al.	Typhoid intestinal perforation	8–76 years	✔	✔	✔	✔
Nigeria	1993–2007	David Osifo et al.	Typhoid ileal perforation	5–13 years	✔		✔	✔
Nigeria	2014 –2018	Chukwubuike	Typhoid ileal perforation and ileal hemorrhage	6–14 years	✔		✔	✔
Review
Multiple		Jiang et al.	Intussusception	< 18 years	✔			✔
Nigeria, Mali, Ghana, Niger, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic	1995–2019	Birkhold et al.	Typhoid Intestinal Perforation	2 months – 15 years			✔	✔