• East Afr Med J · Jun 1994

    Clinical analysis of mortality in hospitalized Zambian children with sickle cell anaemia.

    • U H Athale and C Chintu.
    • Department of Paediatrics Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka.
    • East Afr Med J. 1994 Jun 1; 71 (6): 388-91.

    AbstractThe hospital records of 62 Zambian children with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) who died during a 3 year period (January 1987 to December 1989) at the Paediatric Wing of the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia, were reviewed retrospectively. The SCA patients accounted for 2.92 percent of the total admissions and the average case fatality was 6.61 percent of the total SCA admissions. The case fatality rate has reduced considerably as compared to the one observed in 1970 in Zambia, although the major causes of death remain the same. The maximum mortality was noted in the age group of one to five years (54.84%). The common causes of death were infections (29.54%), vasoocclusive crises (22.72%) and splenic sequestration crises (20.45%). The problems of sub-Saharan Africa, like malaria, malnutrition and now the HIV infection also adde to the mortality (15.90%).

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