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Table 2 Clinical diagnoses of patients with shock admitted to Clinical Information Network hospitals

From: Prevalence, aetiology, treatment and outcomes of shock in children admitted to Kenyan hospitals

 

Hypovolaemic shock treated with bolus

(n = 326)

n (%)

Hypovolaemic shock not given fluid bolus

(n = 256)

n (%)

Other shock (all received bolus)

(n = 40)

n (%)

All shock

(n = 622)

n (%)

Malariaa

106 (33)

80 (31)

18 (45)

204 (33)

Pneumoniaa

135 (41)

132 (52)

19 (48)

285 (46)

HIV positive or exposeda

5 (1.5)

4 (1.5)

0

9 (1.4)

Tuberculosisa

2 (0.6)

4 (1.6)

1 (2.5)

7 (1.1)

Meningitisa

26 (8)

50 (20)

5 (13)

81 (13)

Asthmaa

2 (0.6)

5 (2)

0

7 (1.1)

Ricketsa

5 (1.5)

13 (5)

0

18 (2.9)

  1. aCondition is the presenting comorbidity in cases of hypovolaemic shock