Paediatric emergency medicine practice in Nigeria: a narrative review.

Autor: Eze JN; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu, 400001, Nigeria. joy.eze@unn.edu.ng.; University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria. joy.eze@unn.edu.ng., Edelu BO; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu, 400001, Nigeria.; University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria., Ndu IK; Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria.; Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria., Oguonu T; University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC emergency medicine [BMC Emerg Med] 2023 Mar 16; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 31. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 16.
DOI: 10.1186/s12873-023-00790-1
Abstrakt: The practice of paediatric emergency medicine in Nigeria is still evolving, and laden with enormous challenges which contribute to adverse outcomes of childhood illnesses in emergency settings. Deaths from childhood illnesses presenting as emergencies contribute to overall child mortality rates in Nigeria. This narrative review discusses existing structures, organization, and practice of paediatric emergency in Nigeria. It highlights some of the challenges and suggests ways of surmounting them in order to reduce deaths in the children emergency units in Nigerian hospitals. Important aspects of this review include current capacity and need for capacity development, equipment needs for emergency care, quality of service in the context of inadequate healthcare funding and the need for improvement.
(© 2023. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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