Prevalence and Outcomes of Anaemia Among Children Admitted in Paediatric Ward in Maswa District in 2015 (Record no. 20131)
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Charles, Florence |
| Dates associated with a name | CUHAS/MD/4000615/T/11 |
| 9 (RLIN) | 19780 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Prevalence and Outcomes of Anaemia Among Children Admitted in Paediatric Ward in Maswa District in 2015 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mwanza, Tanzania: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] |
| -- | Phone: +255 28 298 3384 : |
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| -- | Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz : |
| -- | Website: www.bugando.ac.tz : |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | ©2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | vi; 56 Pages |
| Extent | Includes Refferences and Appendices |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Abstract:<br/><br/>Background: According to WHO anaemia is a major public health problems in developing countries. The global estimate of childhood anaemia indicates that 293.1 million of children under five years, approximately 43%, are anemic worldwide and 28.5% of these children are residing in Sub Saharan Africa. It is considered to be a major public health problem with prevalence of 67%, equivalent to 83.5 million children in Sub Saharan Africa. Anaemia is one of the largest killers of children admitted to hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa. Even where blood transfusion are available there is a significant case fatality rate of 6-18. Tanzania demographic and health survey reported the prevalence of anaemia to be 55% in Lake Zone which carter eight regions.<br/><br/>Objectives: To determine the prevalence of anaemia among children admitted at Maswa district hospital in 2015.<br/><br/>Methodology: This was a hospital based retrospective cross-sectional study where the data were collected from the admitted patient records of Maswa district hospital.<br/><br/>Results: Out of 1224 of children admitted in pediatric ward at Maswa district hospital in 2015,499 (40.76%) had anaemia. Out of 499 anaemic patients, 174 which is equivalent to 34.87% had severe anaemia, 144 patient which is equivalent to 28.86% had moderate anaemia and 31 (28.89%) and 181 patients which is equivalent to 36.27% had mild anaemia. And out of 499anaemic patients, 288 patients which is equivalent to 57.72% had a primary diagnosis of severe malaria. Again out of 499 anaemic patients, 36 patients which is equivalent to 7.21% died.<br/> |
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| General subdivision | Pediatrics and Child Health |
| 9 (RLIN) | 48299 |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 19781 |
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