OUTCOME AND COMORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION: ADMITTED AT NUTRITION REHABILITATION CENTRE (NRC) OF A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 14
Abstract
BACKGROUND Infants and children with severe acute malnutrition are associated with numerous infectious and non-infectious comorbidities. This study was done to understand associated comorbidities of severely malnourished children and their outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS This case control study was conducted in the Department of paediatrics, G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur from January 2014 to December 2015. 200 children, aged 6 months- 5 years admitted at nutritional rehabilitation centre of our hospital with SAM were enrolled as cases. 200 children with normal nutritional status attending routine clinic were selected as controls. RESULTS Out of 200 cases in our study, 73 (36.5%) had Acute gastroenteritis, 53 (26.5%) had Acute respiratory tract infections, 22 (11%) had Sepsis, 8 (4%) had Urinary Tract Infection, 15 (7.5%) had Meningitis, 10 (5%) had Malaria, 4 (2%) had Measles, 5 (2.5%) had HIV Infection, 43 (21.5%) had Tuberculosis and 28 (14%) had Skin Infection, 14 (7%) had clinical feature of Vitamin B deficiency, 34 (17%) had Rickets, 3 (1.5%) had Scurvy, 17 (8.5%) had Vitamin A deficiency and 190 (95%) had Anaemia. In our study 43.5% were discharged after target weight gain, 47.5% were discharged without target weight gain, 7% were defaulters and 2% were expired. CONCLUSION Acute gastroenteritis followed by acute respiratory tract infections was most commonly associated Infective co-morbidity. Anaemia was the most common Nutritional Deficiency Co-morbidity.
Authors and Affiliations
Pramod Kumar, Abhishek Singh, Nidhi Nidhi
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP555746
- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2018/260
- Views 73
- Downloads 0
EFFICACY OF CINITAPRIDE HYDROGEN TARTARATE IN GERD
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic symptom of mucosal damage caused by stomach acid coming up from the stomach into the esophagus. Pathophysiological evidences point towards disordered motility as the ma...
COMPLICATED HERNIA: OUR EXPERIENCE WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN NORTH COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH
BACKGROUND Hernia is a common clinical condition encountered in surgical practice. Obstruction and strangulation are the commonest complications, which usually present as surgical emergencies. Emergency repair of complic...
ORAL ISOTRETINOIN- A NEW VISTA FOR THE TREATMENT OF FISSURED SOLE: A CASE REPORT
PRESENTATION OF CASE A 36 years old female patient (non-pregnant) presented to the Dermatology OPD of Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, SRHU, Dehradun, with bilateral fissure sole, with complaints of pain for the...
AWARENESS AMONG SCHOOL TEACHERS REGARDING COMMON EYE DISEASES IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF LUDHIANA
BACKGROUND Early detection and treatment of eye diseases in children are necessary to meet the challenges of childhood blindness. Awareness of eye diseases is important in teachers because they are the first ones to iden...
CO-MORBIDITIES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL OF KERALA
BACKGROUND To manage patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) optimally, it requires appropriate knowledge of markers and stages of CKD and early disease recognition. Replacing the terms such as Chronic Kidney Disease...