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    Efficacy of a Therapeutic Feeding Centre Evaluated During Hospitalization and a Follow-up Period, Tahoua, Niger, 1987-1988.

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    Authors
    Pécoul, B
    Soutif, C
    Hounkpevi, M
    Ducos, M
    Affiliation
    Epicentre, Paris, France.
    Issue Date
    1992
    
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    Journal
    Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
    Abstract
    Between 1 February 1987 and 31 May 1988 an evaluation of a nutritional rehabilitation centre in Tahoua, Niger was conducted. Among the 381 children admitted to the centre, 61 (16%) had kwashiorkor and 347 (91.3%) were aged between 6 and 29 months. Recovery and death rates were 46.2% and 14.4%, respectively. The median duration of stay until recovery was 21 days. Sixty-two per cent of deaths occurred during the 1st week of hospitalization. Three risk factors for death were identified by the study: patients with kwashiorkor with a weight/height (W/H) less than -3 SD, those with marasmus with a W/H less than -5 SD, and those dehydrated with marasmus. Among children included in the follow-up study after leaving the centre, the risk of dying during the follow-up period among children who absconded was 7.1 times higher than the risk observed among children who recovered. Among the children who recovered, no relapse was observed 3-18 months after they left the centre. This investigation indicates the importance of intensive therapeutic feeding centres in areas with a high prevalence of malnutrition.
    Publisher
    Maney Publilshing
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/21032
    PubMed ID
    1376587
    Additional Links
    http://www.maney.co.uk/journals/atp
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0272-4936
    Collections
    Nutrition

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