Research Article
Medical Emergencies in the Pediatric Service of the Lomé - Commune Regional Hospital Center (Togo)
Guédéhoussou T1, Agbéko F1, Djadou KE2, Hlomégbe MA1, Fiawoo M2, Azoumah KD3, Atakouma DY2 and Agbèrè AD1
1Pediatrics Unit, CHR - Lomé commune, Togo
2Pediatrics Unit, CHU-Sylvanus Olympio, Togo
3Pediatrics Unit, CHU Kara, Togo
Guédéhoussou Têtê, Paediatrics Unit, CHR - Lomé commune, Lomé, Togo.
Received Date: January 31, 2020; Published Date: February 18, 2020
Abstract
Any health worker who cares for children will be faced with medical emergencies. They are common and can start with alarming speed, but if treated quickly and effectively, it will have most of the time a positive result, or at least better than expected [1]. In sub-Saharan Africa, pediatric emergencies are often a matter of “disaster medicine” and several studies show the extreme gravity of the conditions seen in emergency consultations [2-5]. The mortality linked to these emergencies is significant: varying from 8% in Lomé in Togo to 14% in Ivory Coast [6,7]. The fight against child mortality must therefore go through a rapid diagnosis of pediatric emergencies and consequent treatment [8]. Thus, pediatric medical emergencies remain a daily reality, a real health problem and a concern with which all health personnel are confronted. In the Regional Hospital Center of Lomé - Commune (CHR-LC), being the youngest of the major reference hospitals in the city of Lomé, it was imperative, after six years of exercise, to establish the profile of the morbi - mortality of children consulting there, especially in a state of vital distress.
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Guédéhoussou T, Agbéko F, Djadou K, Hlomégbe M, Fiawoo M, et al. Medical Emergencies in the Pediatric Service of the Lomé - Commune Regional Hospital Center (Togo). Glob J of Ped & Neonatol Car. 2(1): 2019. GJPNC.MS.ID.000528.