Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Variables | Admission
|
Improved
|
Dead
|
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Sex (n=170) | |||
| Male | 93 (54.7) | 60 (64.5) | 33 (35.5) |
| Female | 77 (45.3) | 42 (24.7) | 35 (45.5) |
| Age (n=170) | |||
| 1–6 months | 10 (5.9) | 8 (80) | 2 (20) |
| 7 months–1 year | 14 (8.2) | 9 (64.3) | 5 (35.7) |
| 2–5 years | 37 (21.8) | 22 (59.5) | 15 (40.5) |
| 6–9 years | 43 (25.3) | 23 (53.5) | 20 (46.5) |
| 10–14 years | 66 (38.8) | 30 (45.5) | 36 (54.5) |
| Trauma | 59 (34.7) | 32 (54.2) | 27 (45.8) |
| Postoperative | 48 (28.2) | 24 (50) | 24 (50) |
| Medical | 47 (27.6) | 24 (51.1) | 23 (48.9) |
| Airway obstruction | 16 (9.4) | 14 (87.5) | 2 (12.5) |
| Length of stay | |||
| <1 day | 21 (12.3) | 0 (0) | 21 (100) |
| 1–2 days | 40 (23.5) | 16 (40) | 24 (60) |
| 2–7 days | 56 (32.9) | 38 (67.5) | 18 (32.1) |
| 7–14 days | 30 (17.6) | 23 (76.7) | 7 (23.3) |
| 14–28 days | 12 (7) | 11 (91.7) | 1 (8.3) |
| Above 28 days | 11 (6.4) | 3 (27.3) | 8 (72.7) |
| Trauma (n=59) | |||
| Head injury | 41 (69.5) | 30 (73.2) | 11 (26.8) |
| Burn | 9 (15.3) | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) |
| Polytrauma | 9 (15.3) | 7 (77.8) | 2 (22.2) |
| Medical (n=47) | |||
| Shock | 8 (17) | 4 (50) | 4 (50) |
| Guillain–Barre syndrome | 7 (14.8) | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) |
| Tetanus | 6 (12.7) | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) |
| Congestive heart failure | 6 (12.7) | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) |
| Pneumonia | 5 (10.6) | 4 (80) | 1 (20) |
| Renal failure | 4 (8.5) | 1 (25) | 3 (75) |
| Tuberculosis | 2 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) |
| Asthma | 2 (4.3) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) |
| Myocardial Infarction | 2 (4.3) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) |
| Othersa | 5 (10.6) | 5 (100) | 0 (0) |
Note:
a
Anemia, poisonings, meningitis, sepsis, malaria.