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Title : Nutritional assessment in acute diarrheal illness and effect of malnutrition in hospitalization outcome
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Abstract
Introduction: Children under or within 5 years old is most vulnerable and high-risk group who need special health care services. Various infectious diseases, diarrhea and/or malnutrition are very common in children in developing country like Egypt. Aim: To evaluate the nutritional status of acute diarrheal illnesses patients during their first 24 hours of admission and after seven days of admission and its effect on outcome.Materials and Methods: We prospectively analyzed the nutritional status of two hundred children (of both sexes) with acute diarrheal illnesses during their first 24 hours of admission and after seven days of admission at Gastroenterology Unit, Cairo University, Children Hospitals, Egypt during the period from August 2019 to April 2020. The study determines nutritional status of under {u2264} 5 years children by anthropometric measurement, MUAC measurement and bio-chemical assessment. Anthropometric measurements were performed by standard methods.Results: In the present study, 18.3 % were found to be malnourished (under-weight) using W/A as indicator. We also observed prevalence of wasting and stunting was 15.1 % and 10.1% respectively. Age group 0-12 months shows the highest prevalence of wasting, under-weight and stunting.Conclusion: weight for length was found to be a useful predictor for a prolonged hospital stay