Table 3 Clinicians’ diagnoses by age groups of under-fives in intensive care unit in metropolitan Lagos Nigeria (2005-2006 study)
Age (years) | Total (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.0 – 1.9 | 2.0 – 2.9 | 3.0 – 3.9 | 4.0 – 4.9 | ||
(n = 148) | (n = 73) | (n = 55) | (n = 25) | ||
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||
Diagnosis (n=587) | 317 | 137 | 92 | 41 | 587 (100) |
Nutritional | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 (3.9) |
Respiratory | 57 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 101(17.2) |
Cardiac | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25 (4.3) |
Dermatological | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (0.5) |
Nervous | 16 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 43 (7.3) |
Hematological | 44 | 33 | 26 | 6 | 109 (18.6) |
Hepatic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 (0.3) |
Renal | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 (1.0) |
Gastrointestinal | 36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 42 (7.2) |
Musculo-skeletal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 (1.0) |
Endocrine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 (0.5) |
Inflammatory | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (0.5) |
Dehydration | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 (5.1) |
Fever of undetermined origin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.2) |
Infection | 76 | 47 | 41 | 17 | 181 (30.8) |
- Malaria | 46 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 131 (72.4) |
- Measles | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 45 (24.9) |
- Typhoid | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.6) |
- Cholera | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.6) |
- Tetanus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 (1.1) |
Others | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 (3.2) |