Morbidity and Mortality following Traditional Uvulectomy among Children Presenting to the Muhimbili National Hospital Emergency Department in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Table 4

Final hospital diagnoses.

Diagnoses
Upper GI bleeding	24 (46%)
Pneumonia	23 (44%)
Malaria	22 (42%)
HIV	11 (21%)
Severe anemia	10 (19%)
Malnutrition	10 (19%)
Septicemia	3 (6%)
Tuberculosis	3 (6%)
Bronchitis	1 (2%)

Values are counts (percentages). 4 patients who died in the ED were excluded. Some patients had more than one diagnosis listed.