TO STUDY THE PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN WITH DIARRHOEA OF AGE SIX MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS IN A TERTIARY CENTER IN MADHYA PRADESH
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 9
Abstract
BACKGROUND Mortality and morbidity of children with malnutrition in inpatient set-ups in our country still remains unacceptably high. We investigated the prevalence of malnutrition in children with diarrhoea in the age group 6 months to 5 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS Total 224 diagnosed cases of diarrhoea admitted in inpatient department were evaluated for malnutrition. RESULTS In this study, 102 (45.5%) of patients were in the youngest age group of 6 months to 1 year. Prevalence of malnutrition is 66.9% in a total of 224 children admitted with diarrhoea. There was strong association between severity of dehydration and severity of malnutrition. As less severe dehydration was associated with less severe grade of malnutrition. CONCLUSION In this study, we concluded that prevalence of malnutrition is higher in diarrhoea.
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Gunjan Kela Mehrotra, Shrikrishna Sad
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