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Journal of Current Pediatric Research | Volume: 23
March 14-15, 2019 | London, UK
International Conference on
Pediatrics & Neonatal Healthcare
Impact of 2018 earthquakes to Pediatric population in North Lombok Field Hospital, West Nusa
Tenggara, Indonesia
1
Melissa Ronaldi,
1
Ida Bagus Gde Suwibawa,
2
Kurniawan Taufiq Kadafi,
2
Nurhandini Eka Dewi,
2
Jaya Ariheryanto Effendi,
2
Aman B
Pulungan
1
North Lombok General Hospital, Indonesia
2
Indonesia Pediatric Society, Indonesia
Background:
Three devastating earthquakes hit North Lombok
within a 28 days period in 2018. North Lombok has limited
disaster preparedness system and it gave a great challenge to
the health systems. So, this study aims to characterizes diseases
in pediatric population at North Lombok Field Hospital and
examine the implications for planning deployment in future
similar disaster.
Method:
This is a prospective observational study of pediatric
population presenting to a field hospital in North Lombok for
a period of 28 days following the earthquake on August 5,
2018. Demographic and clinical information was prospectively
registered for all patients in the systematic emergency registry
and nutritional status was based on weight for age.
Result:
There are 836 children were treated in the field hospital
for 28 days. Children under five were the highest proportion
every week (52%). Most of them were male (54%) and had
normal nutritional status (72%) and 96 children (11%) had
severely wasting. There were 56 children (7%) with trauma
and 780 children (93%) with no trauma. From 56 children
with trauma, 4 children were died because multiple trauma.
Respiration tract infection was the highest disease on the first
and second week. Gastrointestinal tract infection became the
highest disease on third and fourth week. This study found
there is no correlation between age, sex, and nutritional status
with prominent disease children after earthquake (q>0,005).
Conclusion:
Respiration and gastrointestinal tract infection
became the highest disease in children at North Lombok Field
Hospital after earthquakes.
Speaker Biography
Melissa Ronaldi has completed her MD from Christian University of Indonesia. Now
she is serving in North Lombok General Hospital, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia as
rural doctor and an intern of Department of Pediatrics. She believes that children are
the future of the nations. So that, she also believes that a healthy nation starts from
healthy children. That’s why she is so passionate in pediatric.
e:
melissaronaldi@yahoo.comNotes:
Melissa Ronaldi et al.
, Curr Pediatr Res, Volume 23
DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C1-011