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Pediatric post-discharge mortality in resource-poor countries: A protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: More than 50 countries, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, are not on course to meet the neonatal and under-five mortality target set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the year 2030. One important, yet neglected, aspect of child mortality rates is deaths occurring...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955921/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36827241 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281732 |
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author | Chaudhry, Maryum Knappett, Martina Nguyen, Vuong Trawin, Jessica Mugisha, Nathan Kenya Kabakyenga, Jerome Kumbakumba, Elias Jacob, Shevin Ansermino, J. Mark Kissoon, Niranjan Wiens, Matthew O. |
author_facet | Chaudhry, Maryum Knappett, Martina Nguyen, Vuong Trawin, Jessica Mugisha, Nathan Kenya Kabakyenga, Jerome Kumbakumba, Elias Jacob, Shevin Ansermino, J. Mark Kissoon, Niranjan Wiens, Matthew O. |
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description | BACKGROUND: More than 50 countries, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, are not on course to meet the neonatal and under-five mortality target set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the year 2030. One important, yet neglected, aspect of child mortality rates is deaths occurring during the post-discharge period. For children living in resource-poor countries, the rate of post-discharge mortality within the first several months after discharge is often as high as the rates observed during the initial admission period. This has generally been observed within the context of acute illness and has been closely linked to underlying conditions such as malnutrition, HIV, and anemia. These post-discharge mortality rates tend to be underreported and present a major oversight in the efforts to reduce overall child mortality. This review will explore recurrent illness following discharge through determination of rates of, and risk factors for, pediatric post-discharge mortality in resource-poor settings. METHODS: Eligible studies will be retrieved using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL databases. Only studies with a post-discharge observation period of more than 7 days following discharge will be eligible for inclusion. Secondary outcomes will include post-discharge mortality relative to in-hospital mortality, overall readmission rates, pooled estimates of risk factors (e.g. admission details vs discharge factors, clinical vs social factors), pooled post-discharge mortality Kaplan-Meier survival curves, and outcomes by disease subgroups (e.g. malnutrition, anemia, general admissions). A narrative description of the included studies will be synthesized to categorize commonly affected patient population categories and a random-effects meta-analysis will be conducted to quantify overall post-discharge mortality rates at the 6-month time point. DISCUSSION: Post-discharge mortality contributes to global child mortality rates with a greater burden of deaths occurring in resource-poor settings. Literature concentrated on child mortality published over the last decade has expanded to focus on the fatal outcomes of children post-discharge and associated risk factors. The results from this systematic review will inform current policy and interventions on the epidemiological burden of post-discharge mortality and morbidity following acute illness among children living in resource-poor settings. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO Registration ID: CRD42022350975. |
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spelling | pubmed-99559212023-02-25 Pediatric post-discharge mortality in resource-poor countries: A protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis Chaudhry, Maryum Knappett, Martina Nguyen, Vuong Trawin, Jessica Mugisha, Nathan Kenya Kabakyenga, Jerome Kumbakumba, Elias Jacob, Shevin Ansermino, J. Mark Kissoon, Niranjan Wiens, Matthew O. PLoS One Study Protocol BACKGROUND: More than 50 countries, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, are not on course to meet the neonatal and under-five mortality target set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the year 2030. One important, yet neglected, aspect of child mortality rates is deaths occurring during the post-discharge period. For children living in resource-poor countries, the rate of post-discharge mortality within the first several months after discharge is often as high as the rates observed during the initial admission period. This has generally been observed within the context of acute illness and has been closely linked to underlying conditions such as malnutrition, HIV, and anemia. These post-discharge mortality rates tend to be underreported and present a major oversight in the efforts to reduce overall child mortality. This review will explore recurrent illness following discharge through determination of rates of, and risk factors for, pediatric post-discharge mortality in resource-poor settings. METHODS: Eligible studies will be retrieved using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL databases. Only studies with a post-discharge observation period of more than 7 days following discharge will be eligible for inclusion. Secondary outcomes will include post-discharge mortality relative to in-hospital mortality, overall readmission rates, pooled estimates of risk factors (e.g. admission details vs discharge factors, clinical vs social factors), pooled post-discharge mortality Kaplan-Meier survival curves, and outcomes by disease subgroups (e.g. malnutrition, anemia, general admissions). A narrative description of the included studies will be synthesized to categorize commonly affected patient population categories and a random-effects meta-analysis will be conducted to quantify overall post-discharge mortality rates at the 6-month time point. DISCUSSION: Post-discharge mortality contributes to global child mortality rates with a greater burden of deaths occurring in resource-poor settings. Literature concentrated on child mortality published over the last decade has expanded to focus on the fatal outcomes of children post-discharge and associated risk factors. The results from this systematic review will inform current policy and interventions on the epidemiological burden of post-discharge mortality and morbidity following acute illness among children living in resource-poor settings. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO Registration ID: CRD42022350975. Public Library of Science 2023-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9955921/ /pubmed/36827241 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281732 Text en © 2023 Chaudhry et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Study Protocol Chaudhry, Maryum Knappett, Martina Nguyen, Vuong Trawin, Jessica Mugisha, Nathan Kenya Kabakyenga, Jerome Kumbakumba, Elias Jacob, Shevin Ansermino, J. Mark Kissoon, Niranjan Wiens, Matthew O. Pediatric post-discharge mortality in resource-poor countries: A protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis |
title | Pediatric post-discharge mortality in resource-poor countries: A protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_full | Pediatric post-discharge mortality in resource-poor countries: A protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_fullStr | Pediatric post-discharge mortality in resource-poor countries: A protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Pediatric post-discharge mortality in resource-poor countries: A protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_short | Pediatric post-discharge mortality in resource-poor countries: A protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_sort | pediatric post-discharge mortality in resource-poor countries: a protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis |
topic | Study Protocol |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955921/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36827241 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281732 |
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