Study of Mortality in a Urology Department: A Case of the Urology Department of the Cocody University Hospital
- 1 Urology Department, University Hospital Center (CHU) of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 2 Urology Department, University Hospital Center (CHU) of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 3 Urology Department, University Hospital Center (CHU) of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 4 Urology Department, University Hospital Center (CHU) of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 5 Urology Department, University Hospital Center (CHU) of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 6 Urology Department, University Hospital Center (CHU) of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 7 Urology Department, University Hospital Center (CHU) of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Abstract
Objective: To analyze the rate and the main causes of mortality in the Urology Department of the CHU of Cocody. Patients and Methods : A retrospective study was conducted on 548 patients who died between January 2000 and December 2021 in the Urology Department of Cocody University Hospital. The information was obtained from medical records, hospitalization registers and death certificates, which made it possible to study the frequency and causes of death with the help of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 16.0 (SPSS). R esults: The overall mortality rate was 21.13%. The sex ratio was 12.7 men to 1 woman, with an average age of 65.5 years (21 - 89 years). The causes of death were represented by cancer pathologies (78.10%). Prostate cancer, which was the first reason for consultation, was the first cause of death in 55.66% of cases, followed by bladder cancer, BPH, Fournier gqngrene, kidney cancer, and urethral stricture, cancer of the testicles, with respectively 17.52%, 10.77%, 7.12%, 3.46% and 1.46%. Conclusion: The mortality rate in Urology Department of the CHU of Cocody remains high and is essentially to urological cancers.
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