Patterns of mortality in children presenting to a tertiary paediatric emergency unit in Sub-Saharan Africa: a cross sectional study

Background Pneumonia, diarrhoea and perinatal factors are the foremost killers of South African children as in other low- and middle-income countries. Poverty, poor access to care and pre-hospital care are reported major pre-hospital factors and lack of triage, poor skills, delays, poor adherence t...

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