The causes of death of emergency patients in Xi'an Children's Hospital from 2009 to 2010

VernacularTitle:2009至2010年西安市儿童医院急诊患儿死亡原因分析
Author: Jun WEN ; Wenyi CHANG ; Nan ZHOU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Emergency; Death disease spectrum; Children
From: Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2012;19(4):402-404
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To analyze the change of disease spectrum and the direct cause of death in Xi'an Children's Hospital emergency patients in the past 2 years.Methods The cases of death in 130 emergency cases from 2009 to 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.Results The main causes of death in 2009 were pneumonia,congenital heart disease,asphyxia,neonatal pulmonary hemorrhage and intracranial hemorrhage.Meanwhile,The main cause of death in 2010 were pneumonia,asphyxia,viral encephalitis,congenital heart disease and neonatal pulmonary hemorrhage,which significantly changed compared with 2009.Major direct causes of death were found:respiratory failure in 25 cases (27.5％),heart failure in 17 patients ( 18.7％ ),shock in 17patients ( 18.7％ ),asphyxia in 16 cases ( 17.5％ ),and hernia in 16 cases ( 17.5％ ),Conclusion In order to reduce the mortality rate of emergency patients,we should strengthen health care,actively manage pulmonary infection,systemic infection,and shock,control heart failure,and prevent aspiration.