This document summarizes the death audit findings for a department of general medicine in February 2022. It found a total of 31 deaths, with the majority (22) being male. The leading causes of death were the cardiovascular system with 13 deaths and viral pneumonia with 6 deaths. Most deaths (76.9%) from the cardiovascular system and over half of respiratory and viral pneumonia deaths occurred within 24 hours of admission. The majority of deaths were patients over 60 years old (76%) and had a hospital stay of less than one day (48%).

1. DEATH AUDIT FOR THE MONTH OF
FEBRUARY 2022
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL MEDICINE

2. TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS
NO. SYSTEM NO.OF DEATHS
MALE FEMALE
01. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 3 2 1
02. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 13 7 6
03. NEPHROLOGY 1 1 0
04. GASTRO-INTESTINAL SYSTEM 0 0 0
05. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 5 4 1
06. MLC 1 1 0
07. MISCELLANEOUS 2 1 1
08 VIRAL PNEUMONIA 6 6 0
31 22 9

3. 3
13
5
6
4
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
CNS CVS RS COVID OTHERS
Series 1
Series 1

4. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM:
S.NO. CAUSE OF DEATH NO.OF
DEATHS
<6hrs 6 – 12 hrs 12-24 hrs 1-7 days >7days
01. HAEMORRHAGIC
STROKE - - - - - -
02. ISCHAEMIC STROKE 1 - - 1 - -
03. MENINGO
ENCEPHALITIS 2 - 1 - 1 -
04. OTHERS - - - - - -
TOTAL 3

5. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM:
S.NO. CAUSE OF
DEATH
NO.OF
DEATHS
<6hrs 6-12 hrs 12-24 hrs 1-7 days >7days
01. VALVULAR
HEART
DISEASE *
1 1 - - - -
02
ACS 6 2
2 1 1 -
03
CAD/DCM
5
1 - 1 3 -
04 OTHERS # 1 - - 1 - -
* RHD – SEVERE MS / PHTN / CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
# ? CARDIAC TAMPONADE
TOTAL – 13

6. 3. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
S.NO. CAUSE OF
DEATH
NO.OF
DEATHS
<6hrs 6-12 hrs 12-24 hrs 1-7days >7days
01. COPD 1 - - 1 - -
02. PTB 4 1 - - 2 1
03. OTHERS * - - - - - -
# ACTIVE PTB -2, PTB SEQUALE -2
TOTAL : 5

7. 4. NEPHROLOGY
S.NO. CAUSE OF
DEATH
NO.OF
DEATHS
<6hrs 6-12 hrs 12-24 hrs 1-7days >7days
01. CHRONIC
KIDNEY
DISEASE
1 1 - - - -
02 AKI - - - - - -
TOTAL : 1

8. 5.VIRAL PNEUMONIA
S.NO. CAUSE OF
DEATH
NO.OF
DEATHS
<6hrs 6-12 hrs 12-24 hrs 1-7days >7days
01. SWAB
POSITIVE
4 -- 1 1 1 1
02 SWAB
NEGATIVE /
NOT
KNOWN
2 - - - 2 -
TOTAL : 6

9. 6. MEDICO-LEGAL CASES
CAUSE OF
DEATH
NO.OF
DEATHS
<6hrs 6-12 hrs 12-24
hrs
1-3 days >3days
01.
KURUNAI
POISONING 1 - 1 - - -
TOTAL-1

10. 07. MISCELLANEOUS
S.NO CAUSE OF
DEATH
NO. OF
DEATHS
<6hrs 6-12 hrs 12-24
hrs
1-3 days >3days
01. SEPTIC
ENCEPHALOP
ATHY #
1 1 - - - -
02. UROSEPSIS * 1 - - 1 - -
# DIABETIC FOOT TOTAL : 2

11. PROPORTION OF DEATHS WITHIN A DAY
S NO. SYSTEM TOTAL DEATHS DEATH < 24
HOURS
PERCENTAGE
1 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 13 10 76.9%
2 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 5 3 60%
3 VIRAL PNEUMONIA 6 3 50%
4 NERVOUS SYSTEM 3 2 67%
5 OTHERS 3 2 67%
6 POISONING 1 1 100%

12. PROPORTION OF DEATHS
TRIAGE
GENERAL WARD
IMCU/ICU
SARI
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
<1 DAY
1-3 DAYS
>3 DAYS

13. SEX DISTRIBUTION
MALE
68%
FEMALE
32%
MALE FEMALE

14. AGE DISTRIBUTION
2% 6%
4%
12%
76%
Column1
<30 YEARS
30-40 YEARS
40-50 YEARS
50-60 YEARS
>60 YEARS

15. DURATION OF HOSPITAL STAY
19%
48%
23%
10%
<6 HOURS
<1 DAY
1-7 DAYS
>7 DAYS

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