Table 2.
Clinical profile of children with SAM at admission in SCs of Gedeo Zone, 2013–2015
| Admission characteristics | Treatment outcome
|
Total, N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death, N (%) | Censored, N (%) | ||
| Diarrhea | |||
| Yes | 33 (10.5) | 281 (89.5) | 314 (57.6) |
| No | 18 (7.8) | 213 (92.2) | 231 (42.4) |
| Vomiting | |||
| Yes | 25 (13.44) | 161 (86.56) | 186 (34.1) |
| No | 26 (7.2) | 333 (92.8) | 359 (65.9) |
| Dehydration | |||
| Yes | 20 (25) | 60 (75) | 80 (14.7) |
| No | 31 (6.67) | 434 (93.33) | 465 (85.3) |
| Cough | |||
| Yes | 27 (10.75) | 224 (89.25) | 251 (46.1) |
| No | 24 (8.16) | 270 (91.84) | 294 (53.9) |
| Respiratory rate | |||
| Altered | 32 (22) | 114 (78) | 146 (26.8) |
| Normal | 19 (4.76) | 380 (95.24) | 399 (73.2) |
| Pulse rate | |||
| Altered | 44 (42.3) | 60 (57.7) | 104 (19.1) |
| Normal | 7 (1.6) | 434 (98.4) | 441 (80.9) |
| Pale conjunctiva | |||
| Yes | 29 (29.3) | 70 (70.7) | 99 (18.2) |
| No | 22 (4.9) | 424 (95.1) | 446 (81.8) |
| Palmar pallor | |||
| Yes | 27 (30) | 63 (70) | 90 (16.5) |
| No | 24 (5.3) | 431 (94.7) | 455 (83.5) |
| Body temperature | |||
| Altered | 39 (42.4) | 53 (57.6) | 92 (16.9) |
| Normal | 12 (2.6) | 441 (97.4) | 453 (83.1) |
| Level of consciousness | |||
| Normal | 18 (4) | 424 (96) | 442 (81.1) |
| Altered | 33 (32) | 70 (68) | 103 (18.9) |
| Dermatosis | |||
| Absent | 35 (7.1) | 455 (92.9) | 490 (89.9) |
| Present | 16 (29) | 39 (71) | 55 (10.1) |
| Shock | |||
| Yes | 35 (68.6) | 16 (31.4) | 51 (9.4) |
| No | 16 (3.2) | 478 (96.8) | 494 (90.6) |
| Treatment failure | |||
| Yes | 13 (17.3) | 62 (82.7) | 75 (13.8) |
| No | 38 (8) | 432 (92) | 470 (86.2) |
Abbreviations: SAM, severe acute malnutrition; SC, stabilization center.