TY - JOUR AU -  Rai Muhammad Asghar , Muddassar Sharif , Khalid Saheel , Rai Rijjal Ashraf , Abid Hussain,  Rai Muhammad Asghar , Muddassar Sharif , Khalid Saheel , Rai Rijjal Ashraf , Abid Hussain PY - 2020/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Pattern of Paediatric Mortality of hospitalized patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital Rawalpindi JF - Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College JA - JRMC VL - 24 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.37939/jrmc.v24i3.1388 UR - http://journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/1388 SP - AB - <p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Mortality of children is the prime indicator of a country’s health status and its development. Understanding child mortality among different age groups is one of the valuable public health insights. Therefore, studies regarding child mortality patterns are essential for re-evaluating existing health services.</p><p><strong>Objective</strong>: The objective of this study is to describe the pattern of paediatric mortality in our hospital.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis was done with the medical records of Pediatric patients (up to 12 years)who died in the Pediatrics department of Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi from 1<sup>st</sup>Jan2018 to 31<sup>st</sup>Dec 2018.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: A total of 15,500 children were admitted to the Paediatric department from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2018. A total of 1738 deaths were recorded. The overall mortality of 11.3% was noted in the cases admitted to the Paediatric Department.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Septicemia, Acute respiratory infection(ARI)/Pneumonia, Birth asphyxia, and low birth weight (LBW)/prematurity were the major causes of pediatrics mortality.</p> ER -