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- Title
Report on paediatric care in the Moroccan military mission in the Gaza Strip.
- Authors
Elyajouri, Abdelhakim; Abilkacem, Rachid; Agadr, Aomar
- Abstract
This report aims to describe the epidemiologic findings of the workload associated with paediatric consultation of the Moroccan Military field hospital in the Gaza Strip. The patient Administration System and Biostatistics Activity database was reviewed and queried for all patients < 15 years of age who were consulted in the Moroccan Army hospital in the Gaza Strip between November 2012 to February 2013. Paediatric consultations during the study period were 7420 (19.9%) out of 37 227 consultations. The largest proportion of children were from 2 to 13 years old (3066 of 7420 children; 41.3%). Combined, pulmonary and gastroenterology diseases were the main causes for consultations (60.4%). Paediatric patients with threatening life injuries form part of the primary responsibility of military medical facilities during wartime. The findings may guide future military medical care planning, particularly in war zones suffering a lack of basic infrastructure, with special a need for medical supplies and drugs.
- Subjects
MOROCCO; MIDDLE East; DATABASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; GASTROINTESTINAL diseases; LUNG diseases; MILITARY medicine; PEDIATRICS; STRATEGIC planning; WAR; EMPLOYEES' workload; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2017, Vol 23, Issue 11, p781
- ISSN
1020-3397
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26719/2017.23.11.781