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Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint-Damien Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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  Factors Associated with Mortality in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Bernard Mevs Hospital in Haiti
  Author(s): Taina Brice, Maurice J. Chery, Anne-Rose Miguel, Naïka Paulemie Désir, Maraika Jean-Noel, Nelenda Laflèche, Richcard Alexandre, Richcard Alexandre, Steeven Joseph, Kohlz Erley Saint Jusca, Raymonde Pinchinat and Adonaï Aly Isaac Julien
  
  Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the main factors influencing the mortality of patients aged 1 month to 16 years hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit at the Bernard Mevs Hospital (HBM). Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional and analytical study over one year, in the pediatric intensive care unit of HBM from January 2017 to December 2017. Results: From January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2017, 122 files of patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) at HBM were selected. Among those patients, a male predominance was demonstrated with 76 patients, or 63.30%, with a sex ratio of 1.65. The average age of the patients was 5.73 ± 4.73 years. The mortality rate was 33.60%, dominated by septic shock in 24% of cases. The probability of dying in the PICU is higher in male patients (p-value: 0.0049) and in patients who have bee.. View more»
  

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