Management of Children With Severe Acute Malnutriti on: Experiance of malnutrition Treatment Center in Kota, Rajasthan, India
Journal Title: PARIPEX-Indian Journal of Research - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of facility-based care for children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in MALNUTRITION TREATMENT CENTER Design: Review of data. Setting:-MALNUTRITION TREATMENT CENTER IN KOTA,RAJASTHAN,INDIA. Participants: Children admitted to MTC (from1 March, 2014 to 31 January, 2015). Outcomes: Survival, default, discharge, and recovery rates. Results: 66.2% of the total 83 children admitted were girls,92.7% were above 6 months old, 96.3% belonged to scheduled tribes, scheduled castes, or other backward castes, and 54.2% had medical complications. Of the 83MTC exits, 0(0%) children died, 1 (1.2%) children defaulted, and 82 (98.8%) children were discharged. The average (SD) weight gain was 11.64 g/kg body weight/day and the average (SD) length of stay was 10.4 days. 19 (23.1%) children were discharged after recovery (weight gain ≥15%) while63(76.8%) were discharged, non-recovered (weight gain <15%) Conclusions:-MTC provide life-saving care for children with SAM; however, the protocols and therapeutic foods currently used need to be improved to ensure the full recovery of all children admitted.
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Dr. Suraj Singh, Dr. Priya Gupta, Dr. A. L. Bairwa
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