Open AccessRisk factors predicting early in-hospital mortality among underfive children and need for decentralization of pediatric emergency care services
Author(s) -
Harish Chellani,
Aditya Soni,
Sumaira Khalil,
RM Pandey
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_487_22
Subject(s) - medicine , triage , confidence interval , odds ratio , referral , emergency medicine , intensive care , logistic regression , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , family medicine
Lack of pediatric triage and emergency care system in peripheral healthcare centers leads to unnecessary referral of low- and medium-risk patients. This study was conducted to study the risk factors predicting mortality within 48 h of admission in neonates and under-five children referred to the pediatric emergency of a tertiary care hospital in India.