Paediatric emergency medicine practice in Nigeria: a narrative review

Autor: Joy N. Eze, Benedict O. Edelu, Ikenna K. Ndu, Tagbo Oguonu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Emergency Medicine, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-227X
DOI: 10.1186/s12873-023-00790-1
Popis: Abstract 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.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals
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