EXCESS MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER TREATMENT FOR DIARRHEA IN RURAL BANGLADESH
EXCESS MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER TREATMENT FOR DIARRHEA IN RURAL BANGLADESH
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.287.6399.1097
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
105.7
通讯作者:
RAHAMAN, MM
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作者:
ROY, SK;CHOWDHURY, AKMA;RAHAMAN, MM
Children [551] aged between 3 mo. and 3 yr were followed-up at home for 12 mo. after treatment of diarrhea in a rural treatment center of the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh. During follow-up the children had a significantly higher mortality than generally observed in the community. The first 3 mo. after discharge appeared to be crucial, some 70% of the deaths occurring in that period. Severly malnourished children (nutritional state below 56% of the American National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) standard of weight for age ratio) had a risk of death 14 times that of their well nourished counterparts (nutritional state 66% or more of the NCHS standard). The highest mortality occurred in 2 yr olds, 1 in 3 of the severely malnourished children dying compared with 1 in 10 of the moderately malnourished. This pattern was not seen in children aged under 2 yr. Immediate priority should be given to providing nutritional rehabilitation for malnourished children who contract diarrhea.