Mortality of pediatric surgical conditions in low and middle income countries in Africa

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 760-764

  Livingston, Michael H ^a,b,c   Dcruz, Jennifer ^a   Pemberton, Julia ^a   Ozgediz, Doruk ^d   Poenaru, Dan ^a,e  

^a McMaster Pediatric Surgery Research Collaborative   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BethanyKids at Myung Sung Christian Medical Center   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Global health; Mortality; Outcomes; Pediatric surgery

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FOLLOW UP; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; ILEOSTOMY; INCOME; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE ATRESIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; JEJUNOILEAL ATRESIA; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; PYLORUS STENOSIS; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; SCREENING; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TYPHOID FEVER; UMBILICAL HERNIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84928702199     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.02.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (25)

1. D. Ozgediz, S. Jamison, and M. Cherian The burden of surgical conditions and access to surgical care in low- and low middle-income countries Bull World Health Organ 86 2008 577 656
2. J.Y. Bae, R.S. Groen, and A.L. Kushner Surgery as a public health intervention: common misconceptions versus the truth Bull World Health Organ 89 2011 395
3. PLoS Medicine Editors A crucial role for surgery in reaching the UN Millennium Development Goals PLoS Med 5 2008 1165 1167
4. H. Debas, R. Gosselin, and C. McCord Surgery D. Jamison, Disease control priorities in developing countries 2nd ed. 2006 Oxford University Press New York
5. T.G. Weiser, S.E. Regenbogen, and K.D. Thompson An estimation of the global volume of surgery: a modeling strategy based on available data Lancet 372 2008 139 144
6. D. Ozgediz Voluntarism and the global unmet need for surgery Arch Surg 144 2009 289 292
7. D. Ozgediz, and D. Poenaru The burden of pediatric surgical conditions in low and middle income countries: a call to action J Pediatr Surg 47 2012 2305 2311
8. S.W. Bikler, and H. Rode Surgical services for children in developing countries Bull World Health Organ 80 2002 829 835
9. L.B. Chirdan, P.J. Ngiloi, and E.A. Elhalaby Neonatal surgery in Africa Semin Pediatr Surg 21 2012 151 159
10. L.B. Chirdan, E.A. Ameh, and F.A. Abantanga Challenges of training and delivery of pediatric surgical services in Africa J Pediatr Surg 45 2010 610 618
11. R.T. Petroze, R.S. Groen, and F. Niyonkuru Estimating operative disease prevalence in a low-income country: results of a nationwide population survey in Rwanda Surgery 153 2013 457 464
12. D. Levac, H. Colquhoun, and K. O'Brien Scoping studies: advancing the methodology Implement Sci 5 2010 1 9
13. The World Bank Group Countries and economies http://data.worldbank.org/country/ 2014
14. Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) Consortium http://project-redcap.org/ 2014
15. StatsDirect statistical software Version 2.8.0 http://www.statsdirect.com/ 2013
16. R. DerSimonian, and N. Laird Meta-analysis in clinical trials Control Clin Trials 7 1986 177 188
17. J.P.T. Higgins, and S. Green Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions Version 5.1.0 The Cochrane Collaboration 2011 [Available from www.cochrane-handbook.org ]
18. O.O. Ogundoyin, A.O. Afolabi, and D.I. Ogunlana Pattern and outcome of childhood intestinal obstruction at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria Afr Health Sci 9 2009 170 173
19. K. Gnassingbe, G.K. Akakpo-Numado, and K. Attipou Typhoid intestinal perforation in children: renewed interest in the Veillard technique in tropical zones Med Trop (Mars) 70 2010 524 528
20. A.A. Eltayeb, and M.H.M. Othman Supraumbilical pyloromyotomy: a comparative study between intracavitary and extracavitary techniques J Surg Educ 68 2011 134 137
21. A. Odera, and R. White Surgical outcomes in management of newborns with esophageal atresia/tracheo-esophageal fistula: experience at a rural mission hospital in Western Kenya The 13th College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECA) Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference. December 5-7, 2012 2012
22. F. Ayele, and D. Poenaru Management of anorectal malformations in rural Kenya 8th Meeting of Pan African Association of Paediatric Surgeons (PAPSA). July 5-9, 2010 2010
23. H. Higashi, J.J. Barendregt, and T. Vos The burden of congenital anomalies amenable to surgeries in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelled analysis Lancet 381 2013 S62
24. M. Kotagal, K.J. Agarwal-Harding, and C. Mock Health and economic benefits of improved injury prevention and trauma care worldwide PLoS One 9 2014 e91862
25. D. Moher, A. Liberati, and J. Tetzlaff Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement J Clin Epidemiol 62 2009 1006 1012