STUDY OF CHILDREN PRESENTING WITH ACUTE LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCIES TO THE EMERGENCY SEVICE ROOM

Dr. SIVUNI SRILATHA; Dr. PUTTA RAJASEKHAR

Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2016

STUDY OF CHILDREN PRESENTING WITH ACUTE LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCIES TO THE EMERGENCY SEVICE ROOM

Dr. Sivuni Srilatha, Dr. Putta Rajasekhar

Abstract :

T Varied etiological causes in the pediatric age group can present with acute life threatening emergencies. Although over years general trends of pediatric morbidity (1) have been reported, not much published information is available about the pattern of emergencies.Most of the published information is from developed countries (2).India now entered a stage where health care administrator and policy maker should give sufficient importance to the resources of existing tertiary care hospital apart from provision of basic health care to larger population.This prospective study highlights, the spectrum of cases presenting with acute life threatening emergencies and the outcome in relation to the nature of the presentation.