Table 1.
Causes of readmission post initial admission for severe anaemia
| Number (% of all readmissions) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blantyre | Mulago | Soroti | Mbale | Total | |
| Total readmissions | 79 (100%) | 174 (100%) | 281 (100%) | 387 (100%) | 921 (100%) |
| Anaemia readmissions | 55 (70%) | 89 (51%) | 165 (59%) | 300 (78%) | 609 (66%) |
| Haemoglobinuria/DUS readmissions | 0 (0%) | 8 (5%) | 87 (31%) | 125 (32%) | 220 (24%) |
| Malaria readmissions | 28 (35%) | 31 (18%) | 94 (33%) | 129 (33%) | 282 (31%) |
| Other infection readmissions: | 20 (25%) | 64 (37%) | 26 (9%) | 181 (47%) | 291 (32%) |
| Sepsis | 13 (16%) | 29 (17%) | 1 (0%) | 153 (40%) | 196 (21%) |
| Non-specific infection (fever) | 0 (0%) | 3 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (1%) | 7 (1%) |
| Respiratory | 6 (8%) | 20 (11%) | 17 (6%) | 32 (8%) | 75 (8%) |
| Tuberculosis | 0 (0%) | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 3 (0%) |
| Gastrointestinal | 1 (1%) | 12 (7%) | 3 (1%) | 13 (3%) | 29 (3%) |
| Bone infection | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 3 (1%) | 1 (0%) | 5 (1%) |
| Other | 0 (0%) | 5 (3%) | 5 (2%) | 1 (0%) | 11 (1%) |
| Other non-infection readmissions: | 10 (13%) | 56 (32%) | 39 (14%) | 29 (7%) | 134 (15%) |
| Sickle cell crisis | 2 (3%) | 24 (14%) | 35 (12%) | 11 (3%) | 72 (8%) |
| Malignancy | 7 (9%) | 4 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 3 (1%) | 16 (2%) |
| CNS | 0 (0%) | 2 (1%) | 4 (1%) | 2 (1%) | 8 (1%) |
| Other | 1 (1%) | 27 (16%) | 1 (0%) | 11 (3%) | 40 (4%) |
Note: each readmission could have multiple causes and children could have multiple readmissions
There were 53/455 (12%) children with readmissions in Blantyre, 136/912 (15%) in Mulago, 215/1046 (21%) in Soroti and 278/1481 (19%) in Mbale