A Prospective, observational cohort study to identify neonates and children at risk of postdischarge mortality in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Monrovia, Liberia: The PPDM study protocol

A Prospective, observational cohort study to identify neonates and children at risk of postdischarge mortality in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Monrovia, Liberia: The PPDM study protocol

Introduction Over half of the 5 million annual deaths among children aged 0-59 months occur in sub-Saharan Africa. The period immediately after hospitalisation is a vulnerable time in the life of a child in sub-Saharan Africa as postdischarge mortality rates are as high as 1%-18%. Identification of...

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Main Authors: Duggan, C.P (Author), Godfrey, E. (Author), Ideh, R.C (Author), Kamara, J. (Author), Kisenge, R. (Author), Manji, H.K (Author), Manji, K.P (Author), Niescierenko, M. (Author), Rees, C.A (Author), Samma, A. (Author), Sudfeld, C.R (Author), Westbrook, A. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
Subjects:
all cause mortality
article
caregiver
child
cohort analysis
demography
elastic tissue
female
health services research
hospital readmission
hospitalization
human
infant
institutional review
Liberia
major clinical study
male
mortality
mortality rate
neonatal intensive care unit
newborn
observational study
pediatric ward
prediction
predictor variable
preschool child
prospective study
risk assessment
secondary analysis
Tanzania
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