Morbidity and mortality of severe malnutrition among Sudanese children in New Halfa Hospital, Eastern Sudan.
Medical files of children with severe malnutrition admitted at New Halfa hospital, Sudan during 2007-2009 were reviewed. A total of 1097 children (54.9%, 602 male) with severe malnutrition were admitted during the three year period. Oedematous severe malnutrition was found in 179 (16.3%) children. Of these 1097, 796 (72.6%) patients with severe malnutrition were children <2 years old. Out of these 1097 children, 780 (71.1%) and 112 (10.2%) had diarrhoea and malaria, respectively. Sixty-one (5.5%) of these children died, 237 (21.6%) discharged against medical advice and 799 (72.8%) were discharged. Of the 61 children who died 11 (18.0%) had septicaemia following diarrhoea and respiratory tract infections. The case fatality rate was not different with sex or with presence/absence of oedema.
New Halfa Teaching Hospital, New Halfa, Sudan.
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D002662:Child Health Services; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D004487:Edema / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D008499:Medical Records; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D013397:Sudan / Q000453:epidemiology