Author(s)

Konan Marc Koffi^1*, Bakary Ouattara¹, Abou Dramane Sangaré², Harefeteguena Christophe Bissa¹, Mouan Béatrice Harding-Kaba¹, De Misères Opokou Alexandre Ory³, Rokiatou Koné², Bi Epiphane Kouai¹

¹Department of Stomatology, Maxillo-Facial and Plastic Surgery of the Face CHU Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
²Department of Public Health UFR-OS, UFHB, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
³Department of Stomatology, Maxillo-Facial and Plastic Surgery of the Face CHU Bouaké, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Introduction: The study of mortality is an indicator that allows a control and a review of the therapeutic measures in the hospital environment. The purpose of this work was to determine the epidemiological profile of the patients who died and analyse the circumstances of the death in a hospital service. Material and Methods: It is a retrospective descriptive study conducted in the service of Stomatology, maxillofacial and plastic surgery of the face over a period of 10 years (from January 1999 to December 2008). Seventy-two cases have been taken into account. Results: The crude death rate was 4.29%. Higher level of male has been noted with a sex ratio of 1.77. The most affected age groups were the 3^rd and 2^nd decades, respectively with 20.8% and 19.4% with an average age of 39 years. Cellulitis of the face and their complications were responsible for deaths in 58.33% of cases. The majority of deaths occurred between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. (65.28%). These deaths were preventable in 5.6% of cases. Conclusion: Facing the lack of description of the ultimate circumstances of death in the medical records, the conclusion of this study has been the establishment of a regular medical audit in the service, which would track mortality in order to reduce its rate.

Mortality, Causes of Death, Facial Cellulitis

Koffi, K. , Ouattara, B. , Sangaré, A. , Bissa, H. , Harding-Kaba, M. , Ory, D. , Koné, R. and Kouai, B. (2018) Study of Mortality and Causes of Death in the Service of Stomatology, Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery of the Face at Cocody Teaching Hospital (RCI). Open Journal of Stomatology, 8, 338-344. doi: 10.4236/ojst.2018.812032.