Long-term survival after therapeutic failure during hospitalization for severe acute malnutrition: Lwiro cohort follow-up in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to assess the association between therapeutic failure during hospitalization for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and long-term survival of children, 11 to 30 years after nutritional rehabilitation.

Methodology

Referring to the data collected from December 2017 to November 2018 from the Lwiro cohort; we updated this database with additional data. Records of subjects admitted for SAM between 1988 and 2007 were extracted from the archives of the pediatric hospital in Lwiro, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Therapeutic failure was defined as a hospitalization duration > 45 days and/or edema resolution time > 30 days. A multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression was used to evaluate the impact of therapeutic failure on long-t

SUBMITTER: Lembebu JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12523180 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature