Pattern of Pediatric Mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Oman

Mohamed El-Naggari; Anas-Alwogud Abdelmogheth; Hashim Javad; Khalfan Al Senaidi; Ibtisam El Nour

doi:10.5812/ijp.7687

Pattern of Pediatric Mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Oman

authors:

Mohamed El-Naggari ^{1
, *} , Anas-Alwogud Abdelmogheth ¹ , Hashim Javad ¹ , Khalfan Al Senaidi ¹ , Ibtisam El Nour ¹

1 Department of Child Health, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod 123, Sultanate of Oman

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics: Vol.26, issue 6; e7687

published online: October 8, 2016

article type: Letter

received: June 28, 2016

revised: August 8, 2016

accepted: September 12, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.7687

how to cite: El-Naggari M, Abdelmogheth A, Javad H, Al Senaidi K, El Nour I. Pattern of Pediatric Mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Oman. Iran J Pediatr. 2016;26(6):e7687. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.7687.

Keywords

Sultan Qaboos Univeristy Hospital High Dependency Unit Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

Footnotes

Authors’ Contribution:Mohamed El-Naggari was the principle investigator, and participated in the study design, methodology, manuscript writing and statistical analysis; Anas-Alwogud Abdelmogheth was involved in study design and manuscript writing; Hashim Javad contributed in discussions; Khalfan Al Senaidi was involved with data collection; Ibtisam El Nour contributed to discussions.
Financial Disclosure:We had no financial interests related to the material in the manuscript.
Funding/Support:We did not receive any funds or support for our manuscript

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