Age and admission weight as predictors of mortality in gastro-enteritis.
The age and weight of 2,095 children admitted to the Ga-Rankuwa Hospital outpatient rehydration unit were analysed with regard to death as an outcome. Age was not a good predictor of death as an outcome. Weight, expressed as a percentage of expected weight for age, was a good predictor of death and should be utilised as an important inpatient admission criterion.
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Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria.
D000367:Age Factors; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission; D011379:Prognosis; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology