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Table 1 Demographic/medical features at admission stratified by treatment outcome of severely malnourished children admitted to JUSH, Sept. 2010-Sept. 2012

From: Survival status and predictors of mortality in severely malnourished children admitted to Jimma University Specialized Hospital from 2010 to 2012, Jimma, Ethiopia: a retrospective longitudinal study

 

Treatment outcome

Admission Characteristics

Discharged with Improvement

Died

Absconded

Total

Socio-demographic characteristics

   Age

    <24 months

269

54

57

407

    ≥24 months

441

34

65

540

   Sex

    Male

427

53

75

555

    Female

310

35

47

392

Anthropometry and type of malnutrition

   MUAC (for 6–59 months)

    <11.5 cm

296

60

51

407

    ≥11.5 cm

252

8

29

289

   Type of malnutrition

    Oedematous

466

46

64

576

    Non oedematous

271

42

58

371

Clinical conditions at admissions

   Vital signs

   a) Hypothermia (axillary To ≤ 35 °C)

    Present

10

7

0

17

    Absent

727

81

122

930

   b) Respiratory ratea

    Bradypnea

64

10

11

85

      Tachypnea

444

53

73

570

    Normal

229

25

38

292

   c) Pulse ratea

    Bradycardia

78

22

13

113

    Tachycardia

73

5

16

94

    Normal

586

61

93

740

   Conjunctival color

    Pale

171

27

26

224

    Pink

566

61

96

723

   Palmar pallor

    Present

120

27

23

170

    Absent

617

61

99

777

   Dehydration

    Present

64

26

22

112

    Absent

673

62

100

835

   Shock

    Present

31

17

13

61

    Absent

706

71

109

886

   Consciousness level

    Impaired

72

29

17

118

    Consciousb

665

59

105

829

   Diarrhea

    Present

492

59

74

625

    Absent

245

29

48

322

   Vomiting

    Present

366

57

66

489

    Absent

371

31

56

458

    Skin lesion

    Present

226

33

37

296

    Absent

511

55

85

651

Co-morbidity/complication on admission

   Co-morbidity/complication on admission

    Present

495

78

85

658

    Absent

242

10

37

289

   HIV Status (Unknown status = 351)

    

    Positive

12

7

4

23

    Negative

476

38

59

573

Type of treatments given

   Infusion at admission

    Yes

36

21

19

76

    No

701

67

103

871

   Transfusion at admission

    Yes

3

1

1

5

    No

734

87

121

942

  1. aVital sign classification – Categorical variables for respiratory rate and pulse rate were created from admission measures using cut-offs defined by levels that would imply a definite need for urgent therapeutic intervention according to Advanced Paediatric Life Support [11]
  2. b = COTPP (conscious, oriented to time, place and person), alert, irritable, apathetic