Risk factors for fatal diarrhoea: a case-control study of Ethiopian children.
A retrospective case-control study of children less than 5 years of age with diarrhoea was conducted at a hospital in southern Ethiopia. 21 cases (deaths) and 84 controls were studied. Severe dehydration, fever, pneumonia, acute and chronic malnutrition and age greater than 12 months were risk factors significantly associated with death. A simple score system to identify children at risk of dying is presented.
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Centre of International Health, University of Bergen, Norway.
D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003681:Dehydration / Q000150:complications; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors