Open AccessEpidemiology of non-trauma surgical deaths
Author(s) -
Chima Ofoegbu,
Temitope O Odi,
Kolawole Olubunmi Ogundipe,
Jones Taiwo,
Babatunde A Solagberu
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v24i4.28225
Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , epidemiology , typhoid fever , cause of death , retrospective cohort study , surgery , pediatrics , general surgery , disease , materials science , pathology , punching , metallurgy
It is established that 70 % of morbidity and 75 % of mortality in the surgical accident and emergency (A and E) are due to trauma. However, non-trauma deaths still are an important entity requiring a specific study to highlight their pattern, and institute improvement strategies to lower death rates.