Retrospective analysis of mortalities in a tertiary care hospital in Northeast Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes

Mirkuzie Woldie Kerie²  Alemneh Smieneh Tamir¹  Asrat Agalu Abejew³ 

[1] Department of nursing, Dessie Referral Hospital, Dessie, Ethiopia;Department of Health Services Management, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia;Department of Pharmacy, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

关键词: Ethiopia;    Wards;    Causes;    Mortalities;   

Others  :  1134772
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-46

 received in 2013-01-21, accepted in 2014-01-16,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Mortalities in the health care set up are prevalent, and causes are multifactorial with variations from area to area and also from ward to ward in the same health care set up. Analysis of mortalities and its causes in Ethiopian hospitals including Dessie Referral Hospital is not adequately known. Thus, the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of mortalities and its causes in the Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of mortalities during a three year period (September 2010–2012) was conducted in the Dessie Referral Hospital from August-September, 2012. All in hospital mortalities in the hospital during the last three years were included in the study. Data were collected from patient discharge recording books. Finally, data were entered into SPSS windows version 16.0 and descriptive statistics were generated to meet the study objective.

Results

During the last 3 years there were 1,481 (4.8%) mortalities in the hospital. Around 60.0% of the mortalities were among male patients, and two third of the mortalities were among patients aged 15 years or older. The majority of the mortalities (38.9%) were in the medical ward followed by pediatric (34.6%) and surgical (18.2%) wards. Most of the mortalities (34.8%) occurred during 2011 while least was in 2012 (31.8%). HIV/AIDS (14.8%), pneumonia (9.9%), and sepsis/shock (7.6%) were the three most common causes of mortality in the hospital during the three year period. On average, patients stayed for 2.86 (±2. 99) days in the wards before mortality.

Conclusion

Mortalities in the wards of the Dessie Referral Hospital were high and the causes were mainly of infectious origin, HIV/AIDS and its complications being the most common causes. This calls for an integrated effort to reduce in hospital mortalities by equipping the hospital and its health care providers with the skills and medical supplies required for proper management of the most common causes of in hospital mortality reported in this study.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Abejew et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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