A Prospective Observational Study of Drug Therapy Problems in Pediatric Ward of a Referral Hospital, Northeastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Diagnosis in the pediatric ward of DRH, February 1, 2018, to May 30, 2018.

Diagnosis	Frequency	Percentage
Severe pneumonia	31	24.8%
Severe malnutrition	23	18.4%
Acute gastroenteritis	16	12.8%
Hyperacute airway disease	13	10.4%
Pyogenic meningitis	9	7.2%
Acute glomerular nephritis	8	6.4%
Sepsis	6	4.8%
Others	19	15.2%

Key: others: amoebiasis, nephrotic syndrome, and diabetes mellitus.