BACKGROUND: @entity772 is a medical emergency, and optimal management, especially in a resource-poor setting, would depend on the knowledge of its etiology and predictors of outcome. This communication reviews the etiology and outcome of non-traumatic childhood @entity772 in Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital (EBSUTH), Abakaliki. OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence, etiology and outcome of @entity772 in @entity1 seen at the EBSUTH, Abakaliki. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis of records of all @entity1 admitted to the @entity1 emergency ward of EBSUTH in @entity772 of a non-traumatic origin between 1 st of January and 31 st of December, 2007. RESULTS: Forty @entity1 presented with @entity772 out of 673 @entity1 admitted during the study period, giving an incidence rate of 5.9%. The majority of the @entity1 (62.5%) were aged between 1 and 5 years of age, and 79.5% of them were deeply comatose on admission. Most of the cases (85%) of @entity772 were due to infective causes, @entity6197 (47.5%), pyogenic @entity693 (17.5%) and @entity295 (10%). Twenty-four (60%) @entity1 recovered while 13 (32.5%) died. CONCLUSION: Infections were the predominant causes of @entity772 in EBSUTH. In view of the high mortality among this group of @entity1 , efforts at the control of @entity311 and other infections would significantly reduce the incidence of @entity772 in this study site.

Non-traumatic childhood XXXX in Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, South Eastern Nigeria.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients'] @entity295 :: ('MESH:D018805', 'Disease') :: ['septicemia'] @entity772 :: ('MESH:D003128', 'Disease') :: ['Coma', 'coma', 'non-traumatic coma'] @entity693 :: ('MESH:D008581', 'Disease') :: ['meningitis'] @entity6197 :: ('MESH:D016779', 'Disease') :: ['mainly cerebral malaria'] @entity311 :: ('MESH:D008288', 'Disease') :: ['malaria']
@entity772 :: (MESH:D003128,Disease) :: ['coma']
