Clinicoepidemiological profile of severe acute malnutrition children admitted to the nutritional rehabilitation center of a tertiary care center in Davangere: A retrospective study

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI:10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_485_22

Shalini Hurlihal, G. Vidya, R. Varalakshmi

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BACKGROUND: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major public health problem which the world is facing right now. Nineteen million children in the world are suffering from SAM. The current study was undertaken to study the clinicoepidemiological profile and the treatment outcome of SAM children admitted to the nutritional rehabilitation center (NRC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective record-based study was carried out in children with SAM and those who were admitted to NRC during the period of 1 year (March 2018–2019) were included in the study. One hundred and eighteen children were included in the study. RESULTS: Seventy-one (60.16%) belonged to the age group of 1–2 years. Sixty-five (55.08%) presented with symptoms related to gastrointestinal tract, followed by respiratory tract 38 (32.20%). 55.08% of children were cured from SAM after NRC admission. CONCLUSION: NRC provides lifesaving treatment measures for SAM children. The most common symptom in SAM children was symptom of gastrointestinal tract and children were cured from SAM after NRC admission.

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达万热某三级保健中心营养康复中心收治的严重急性营养不良儿童的临床流行病学概况:一项回顾性研究

背景:严重急性营养不良(SAM)是当今世界面临的一个重大公共卫生问题。世界上有1900万儿童患有SAM。本研究旨在研究营养康复中心(NRC)收治的SAM儿童的临床流行病学概况和治疗结果。材料与方法:对1年(2018年3月- 2019年3月)入住NRC的SAM患儿进行回顾性记录研究。118名儿童参与了这项研究。结果:1 ~ 2岁年龄组71例，占60.16%;65例(55.08%)出现胃肠道相关症状，38例(32.20%)出现呼吸道相关症状。55.08%的患儿在NRC入院后痊愈。结论:NRC为SAM儿童提供了挽救生命的治疗措施。患儿最常见的症状是胃肠道症状，NRC入院后患儿痊愈。

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