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Pediatric Post-Discharge Mortality in Resource Poor Countries: A Systematic Review
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OBJECTIVES: Mortality following hospital discharge is an important and under-recognized contributor to overall child mortality in developing countries. The primary objective of this systematic review was to identify all studies reporting post-discharge mortality in children, estimate likelihood of death, and determine the most important risk factors for death. SEARCH STRATEGY: MEDLINE and EMBASE were systematically searched using MeSH terms and keywords from the inception date to October, 2012. Key word searches using Google Scholar™ and hand searching of references of retrieved articles was also performed. Studies from developing countries reporting mortality following hospital discharge among a pediatric population were considered for inclusion. RESULTS: Thirteen studies that reported mortality rates following discharge were identified. Studies varied significantly according to design, underlying characteristics of study population and duration of follow-up. Mortality rates following discharge varied significantly between studies (1%-18%). When reported, post-discharge mortality rates often exceeded in-hospital mortality rates. The most important baseline variables associated with post-discharge mortality were young age, malnutrition, multiple previous hospitalizations, HIV infection and pneumonia. Most post-discharge deaths occurred early during the post-discharge period. Follow-up care was examined in only one study examining malaria prophylaxis in children discharged following an admission secondary to malaria, which showed no significant benefit on post-discharge mortality. CONCLUSIONS: The months following hospital discharge carry significant risk for morbidity and mortality. While several characteristics are strongly associated with post-discharge mortality, no validated tools are available to aid health workers or policy makers in the systematic identification of children at high risk of post-discharge mortality. Future research must focus on both the creation of tools to aid in defining groups of children most likely to benefit from post-discharge interventions, and formal assessment of the effectiveness of such interventions in reducing morbidity and mortality in the first few months following hospital discharge.
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“Postdischarge deaths generally occurred within several weeks of discharge and in many cases did not occur in hospitals [2].”
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- Authors
- Wiens, M. O., Pawluk, S., Kissoon, N., Kumbakumba, E., Ansermino, J. M., Singer, J., Ndamira, A., & Larson, C.
- Affiliations
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology (UG)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Wiens, Matthew O.
- ORCID
- Venue
- PLoS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2013-06-25
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- e66698
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3692523
- OpenAlex
- W2073569962
- Cited by
- 144
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program
- Michael Smith Health Research BC
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Keywords
- post-discharge mortality, child mortality, resource-poor countries, mortality risk factors, malnutrition, HIV infection, pneumonia, malaria prophylaxis, follow-up care, hospital discharge
- MeSH terms
- Child, Developing Countries, Health Resources, Humans, Mortality, Patient Admission, Patient Discharge
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