Decrease in Hospitalizations and Increase in Deaths during the Covid-19 Epidemic in a Pediatric Hospital, Yaounde-Cameroon and Prediction for the Coming Months

被引：14

作者：

Chelo, David ^{[1
,2
]}

Mekone Nkwelle, Isabelle ^{[2
]}

Nguefack, Felicitee ^{[2
]}

Mbassi Awa, Hubert Desire ^{[1
,2
]}

Enyama, Dominique ^{[3
]}

Nguefack, Seraphin ^{[2
]}

Noukeu Njinkui, Diomede ^{[3
]}

Tony Nengom, Jocelyn ^{[1
,2
]}

Nguefack-Tsague, Georges ^{[4
]}

Koki Ndombo, Paul Olivier ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Chantal BIYA Fdn, Mother & Child Ctr, Henry Dunant St,POB 1936, Yaounde, Cameroon

[2] Univ Yaounde I, Fac Med & Biomed Sci, Dept Pediat, Yaounde, Cameroon

[3] Univ Dschang, Fac Med & Pharmaceut Sci, Dschang, Cameroon

[4] Univ Yaounde I, Fac Med & Biomed Sci, Dept Publ Hlth, Yaounde, Cameroon

来源：

FETAL AND PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY | 2021年 / 40卷 / 01期

关键词：

COVID-19; hospitalization; mortality; children; Yaounde;

D O I：

10.1080/15513815.2020.1831664

中图分类号：

R36 [病理学];

学科分类号：

100104 ;

摘要：

Background The COVID-19 pandemic reached Cameroon in March, 2020. The aim of this study was to unveil the consequences of this pandemic on hospitalizations and on mortality in a pediatric hospital.Methods: A descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out using hospitalization and death statistics collected from a pediatric hospital. We compared the data before and after the pandemic and made predictions for the next 12 months.Results: A drastic drop in hospitalizations was noted coinciding with the partial lockdown in Cameroon. Paradoxically, at the same time, the number of deaths per month doubled though the causes remained the same as in the past.Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic was marked by drop in hospitalizations and paradoxically, an increase in child mortality. These deaths were probably due not to SARS-Cov-2 infection, but rather due to the usual illnesses whose management was delayed, a probable consequence of the confinement.

引用

页码：18 / 31

页数：14

共 21 条

[11]

McDonnell Therese, 2020, HRB Open Res, V3, P37, DOI 10.12688/hrbopenres.13066.1

[12]

Mpondo E. M., 2017, Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences (JAPS), V32, P5223

[13]

Nde C. J., 2019, UJPH, V7, P110, DOI [DOI 10.13189/UJPH.2019.070304, DOI 10.13189/UJPH.2019, https://doi.org/10.13189/ujph.2019.070304]

[14]

NGUEFACK F, 2012, PAN AFR MED J, V0012, P00046

[15]

Nguefack F, 2012, PAN AFR MED J, V12, P46

[16] Evidence based management guideline for the COVID-19 pandemic-Review article [J].

Nicola, Maria ;

O'Neill, Niamh ;

Sohrabi, Catrin ;

Khan, Mehdi ;

Agha, Maliha ;

Agha, Riaz .

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2020, 77 :206-216

[17] Inter nation social lockdown versus medical care against COVID-19, a mild environmental insight with special reference to India [J].

Paital, Biswaranjan ;

Das, Kabita ;

Parida, Sarat Kumar .

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 2020, 728 (728)

[18] Children's emergency presentations during the COVID-19 pandemic [J].

Roland, Damian ;

Harwood, Rachel ;

Bishop, Nick ;

Hargreaves, Dougal ;

Patel, Sanjay ;

Sinha, Ian .

LANCET CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH, 2020, 4 (08) :E32-E33

[19] Cameroon public health sector: shortage and inequalities in geographic distribution of health personnel [J].

Tandi, Tinyami Erick ;

Cho, YongMin ;

Akam, Aba Jean-Cluade ;

Afoh, Chick Ofilia ;

Ryu, Seung Hun ;

Choi, Min Seok ;

Kim, KyungHee ;

Choi, Jae Wook .

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH, 2015, 14

[20] Unique epidemiological and clinical features of the emerging 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) implicate special control measures [J].

Wang, Yixuan ;

Wang, Yuyi ;

Chen, Yan ;

Qin, Qingsong .

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY, 2020, 92 (06) :568-576

← 1 2 3 →