From: Global surgery for paediatric casualties in armed conflict
All patients | ||||||||||
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KAB | KAO | LOK | KAN | PES | QUE | PES2 | GOM | Total | ||
Study period | 2 years and 3 months | 4 years and 8 months | 18 years | 3 years and 1 month | 2 years and 10 months | 6 years and 4 months | 3 years and 3 months | 1 year and 11 months | 26 years and 9 months | |
Total number of patients | 6735 | 1079 | 13,406 | 1261 | 4579 | 7379 | 2960 | 689 | 38,088 | |
Patients < 15 years, N (%) | 2185 (32.4%) | 97 (9.0%) | 1110 (8.3%) | 186 (14.7%) | 674 (14.7%) | 1043 (14.1%) | 453 (15.3%) | 95 (13,8%) | 5843 (15.3%) | |
Patients ≥ 15 years, N (%) | 4550 (67.6%) | 982 (91.0%) | 12,296 (91.7%) | 1075 (85.2%) | 3905 (85.3%) | 6336 (85.9%) | 2507 (84.7%) | 594 (86,2%) | 32,245 (84.7%) | |
Paediatrics | Adults | |||||||||
Hospital (N) | KAB (2185) | KAO (97) | LOK (1110) | KAN (186) | PES (674) | QUE (1043) | PES2 (453) | GOM (95) | Total (5843) | Total (32,245) |
Median age, years (IQR) | 10 (7–12) | 8 (5–12) | 10 (5–13) | 8 (2–12) | 10 (6–12) | 10 (7–12) | 10 (7–12) | 9 (5–13) | 10 (6–12) | 26 (21–32) |
Sex, N (%) | ||||||||||
Male | 1622 (74.2%) | 61 (63.0%) | 820 (73.9%) | 156 (83.0%) | 504 (74.8%) | 859 (82.4%) | 333 (73.5%) | 53 (55.8%) | 4406 (75.4%) | 29,486 (91.4%) |
Female | 561 (25.7%) | 35 (36.0%) | 290 (26.1%) | 32 (17.0%) | 169 (25.1%) | 184 (17.6%) | 120 (26.5%) | 42 (44.2%) | 1433 (24.5%) | 2757 (8.6%) |
Median LOS, days (IQR)0 | 8 (4–16) | 10 (5–67) | 33 (17–60) | 11 (3–27) | 10 (6–20) | 19 (10–36) | 15 (7–33) | 21 (9–42) | 13 (6–31) | 17 (7–39) |
Deaths, N (%) | 119 (5.4%) | 4 (4.0%) | 22 (2.0%) | 13 (7.0%) | 26 (3.9%) | 30 (2.9%) | 24 (5.3%) | 3 (3.2%) | 241 (4.1%) | 873 (2.7%) |