A cohort analysis of survival and outcomes in severely anaemic children with moderate to severe acute malnutrition in Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Moderate to severe acute malnutrition (SAM/MAM) and severe anaemia are important and associated co-morbidities in children aged less than five years. Independently, these two morbidities are responsible for high risk of in-hospital and post-discharge deaths and hospital readmissions. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the risk of death among severely anaemic children with moderate to severe acute malnutrition compared to children with severe anaemia alone.

Methods

This was a retrospective analysis of data collected from a large prospective study that was investigating severe anaemia in children aged less than 5 years old. The study was conducted at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre and Chikhwawa district hospital in southern Malawi.

SUBMITTER: Nkosi-Gondwe T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7853449 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature