Abstract
Introduction: The study of mortality is an indicator that allows a control and a review of the therapeutic measures in the hospital environment. The purpose of this work was to determine the epidemiological profile of the patients who died and analyse the circumstances of the death in a hospital service. Material and Methods: It is a retrospective descriptive study conducted in the service of Stomatology, maxillofacial and plastic surgery of the face over a period of 10 years (from January 1999 to December 2008). Seventy-two cases have been taken into account. Results: The crude death rate was 4.29%. Higher level of male has been noted with a sex ratio of 1.77. The most affected age groups were the 3rd and 2nd decades, respectively with 20.8% and 19.4% with an average age of 39 years. Cellulitis of the face and their complications were responsible for deaths in 58.33% of cases. The majority of deaths occurred between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. (65.28%). These deaths were preventable in 5.6% of cases. Conclusion: Facing the lack of description of the ultimate circumstances of death in the medical records, the conclusion of this study has been the establishment of a regular medical audit in the service, which would track mortality in order to reduce its rate.
Highlights
The study of mortality is an indicator that allows a control and a review of the therapeutic measures in the hospital environment
The purpose of this work was to determine the epidemiological profile of the patients who died and analyse the circumstances of the death in a hospital service
Material and Methods: It is a retrospective descriptive study conducted in the service of Stomatology, maxillofacial and plastic surgery of the face over a period of 10 years
Summary
The study of mortality is an indicator that allows a control and a review of the therapeutic measures in the hospital environment. Conclusion: Facing the lack of description of the ultimate circumstances of death in the medical records, the conclusion of this study has been the establishment of a regular medical audit in the service, which would track mortality in order to reduce its rate. In a hospital service, such a study allows a control and a review of the therapeutic measures; these are likely to degradation in their implementation over the years, which requires a periodic criticism [2] [3]. No study makes it possible to focus on the factors and main causes of mortality This would suggest improvements in the management of personnel and equipment in order to provide care of quality [7] [8]. That’s why it appeared appropriate to initiate this work which has for objectives: 1) the determination of the epidemiological profile of the patients who died in our service; 2) and the analysis of the death circumstances
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