Clinical and growth outcomes of severely malnourished children following hospital discharge in a South African setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on outcomes of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) following treatment are scarce with none described from any upper-middle-income country. This study established mortality, clinical outcomes and anthropometric recovery of children with SAM six months following hospital discharge.

Methods

A prospective cohort study was conducted in children aged 3-59 months enrolled on discharge from two hospitals in the Tshwane district of South Africa between April 2019 and January 2020. The primary outcome was mortality at six months. Secondary outcomes included relapse rates, type(s) and frequency of morbidities experienced and the anthropometric changes in children with SAM following hospital discharge. Standard programmatic support included nutritional supplem

SUBMITTER: Grimbeek A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782382 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature