Progression of Frequency and Lethality of Severe Malaria from 2017 to 2020 in the Pediatric Unit of CHUD-Parakou (Benin)  

作　　者：Honorat Francis Lalya Alphonse Noudamadjo Falilatou Agbeille-Mohamed Mèdétinmè Gérard Kpanidja Zinsou Rodrigue Ahodègnon Julien Didier Adédémy Joseph Agossou Honorat Francis Lalya;Alphonse Noudamadjo;Falilatou Agbeille-Mohamed;Mèdétinmè Gérard Kpanidja;Zinsou Rodrigue Ahodègnon;Julien Didier Adédémy;Joseph Agossou(Mother and Child Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Godomey, Benin;Mother and Child Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin)

机构地区：[1]Mother and Child Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Godomey, Benin [2]Mother and Child Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin

出　　处：《Open Journal of Pediatrics》2021年第4期551-558,共8页儿科学期刊（英文）

摘　　要：<strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> The latest WHO report shows a decline in the performances achieved concernin</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">g the fight against malaria since 2017. This research work aimed to investigate the progression of frequency and lethality due to severe malaria from 2017 to 2020 in the pediatric unit of the Borgou University Teaching Hospital in Parakou (CHU</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">D</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-Parakou). </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Patients and Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This research work is a descriptive and analytical case-control study focused on all the children aged 1 month and more, hospitalized in the pediatric unit of CHU</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">D-</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Parakou from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2020. Recruitment criteria were the following: be admitted to hospital during the period specified above;have a usable medical record containing the diagnosis and type of discharge, and the findings of thick smear examination and/or of a rapid diagnostic test. Sampling was complete and takes into account all the medical records of children meeting the inclusion criteria. Epi Info 7.2.2 was the software used to perform data processing. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The frequencies of severe malaria in the unit were estimated at 19.89%, 22.65%, 29.65% and 27.51% respectively in 2017, </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2018, 2019 and 2020. Lethality rates varied from 7.76% to 8.68 from 2017 through 2020. The death risk associated with severe malaria was 3.08 times</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> higher in children suffering from severe acute undernutrition. </span><b><span style="font-famil<strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> The latest WHO report shows a decline in the performances achieved concernin</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">g the fight against malaria since 2017. This research work aimed to investigate the progression of frequency and lethality due to severe malaria from 2017 to 2020 in the pediatric unit of the Borgou University Teaching Hospital in Parakou (CHU</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">D</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-Parakou). </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Patients and Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This research work is a descriptive and analytical case-control study focused on all the children aged 1 month and more, hospitalized in the pediatric unit of CHU</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">D-</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Parakou from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2020. Recruitment criteria were the following: be admitted to hospital during the period specified above;have a usable medical record containing the diagnosis and type of discharge, and the findings of thick smear examination and/or of a rapid diagnostic test. Sampling was complete and takes into account all the medical records of children meeting the inclusion criteria. Epi Info 7.2.2 was the software used to perform data processing. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The frequencies of severe malaria in the unit were estimated at 19.89%, 22.65%, 29.65% and 27.51% respectively in 2017, </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2018, 2019 and 2020. Lethality rates varied from 7.76% to 8.68 from 2017 through 2020. The death risk associated with severe malaria was 3.08 times</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> higher in children suffering from severe acute undernutrition. </span><b><span style="font-famil

关 键 词：Severe Malaria CHILDREN FREQUENCY LETHALITY BENIN 

分 类 号：G63[文化科学—教育学]