An audit of ear, nose and throat diseases in a tertiary health institution in South-Western Nigeria

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fasunla, Ayotunde James ^a   Samdi, Musa ^a   Nwaorgu, Onyekwere George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Audit; Awareness; Developing country; ENT diseases; Poverty; Presentation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR DISEASE; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOSLEM; NIGERIA; NOSE DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; THROAT DISEASE; TONSILLITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AWARENESS; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ENT DISEASES; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESENTATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; FOREIGN BODIES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUDIT; AWARENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENT DISEASES; POVERTY; PRESENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874407560     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.1.1092     Document Type: Article

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