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Table 5 Admission outcome of respiratory illnesses

From: Pattern of respiratory diseases in children presenting to the paediatric emergency unit of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu: a case series report

Respiratory illness

Discharged/inpatient transfer n (%)

Died n (%)

Total

Case fatality rates (%)

Acute bronchial asthma

607 (99.8)

1

608

0.2

Epistaxis

1 (50)

1

2

50

Pneumonia

744 (98.8)

9

753

1.2

Others

855 (100)

0

851

0

Total

2203

11

2214

0.5