| Autor: |
Bickler SW; Department of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia. Sbickler@ucsd.edu, Telfer ML, Sanno-Duanda B |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Tropical doctor [Trop Doct] 2003 Apr; Vol. 33 (2), pp. 91-4. |
| DOI: |
10.1177/004947550303300212 |
| Abstrakt: |
The report evaluates the need for paediatric surgical care in an urban area of sub-Saharan Africa. Seven hundred and forty-one children were treated for surgical problems from January through December 1997. The most common surgical problems were injuries (67.1%), congenital anomalies (15.0%) and surgical infections (6.7%). Forty-six per cent of children presenting with a surgical problem required a surgical procedure, 68.2% of which were classified as minor. The annual presentation rate for all surgical conditions was 543 per 10,000 children aged 0-14 years. The estimated cumulative risk for all surgical conditions is 85.4% by age 15 years. Our data suggest surgical diseases commonly affect children living in Banjul. Surgical care should be an essential component of child health programmes in developing countries. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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