Outcomes of children aged 6-59 months with severe acute malnutrition at the GADO Outpatient Therapeutic Center in Cameroon.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to assess outcomes [rates of recovery, default, case fatality; rate of weight gain and rate of Mean Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) gain] of children aged 6-59 months with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) at the Outpatient Therapeutic Center at Gado Refugee Camp, Cameroon, in relation to international standards. We retrospectively analysed files of 254 children with SAM aged 6-59 months admitted from April 2015 to August 2016.

Results

72.8% got discharged as recovered, 0.8% died and none defaulted. 26.8% got referred to stabilization center, mostly for poor weight gain (44.1%). Mean rate of weight gain was 4.4 g/kg/day and MUAC gain 0.3 mm/cm/day; median duration of treatment 44.5 days. Amongst those with marasmus, kwashiorkor and marasmic kwashiorkor, media

SUBMITTER: Ndzo JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5782382 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature