Predictors of inpatient mortality among children hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition underlies 45% of under-5 deaths globally. Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is the most serious form of undernutrition, characterized by wasting with or without edema. Mortality remains high (10%-40%) among children requiring hospitalization for complicated SAM.

Objectives

We aimed to systematically document the factors independently associated with inpatient mortality in children with SAM.

Methods

Embase, Ovid MEDINE, the Cochrane Library, and clinicaltrials.gov were searched for articles published between January 2000 and January 2020, using a prespecified protocol. Eligible studies included children aged ≤59 mo hospitalized with SAM and used multivariable analysis to assess the baseline factors independently associated with inpatient mortality

SUBMITTER: Karunaratne R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7528552 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature