Table 1.
Co-morbidity and medical conditions among study participants in TFCs of Debre Berhan Referral, Enat General and Mehal Meda Primary Hospitals, 2013–2015
| Medical conditions | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Type of Malnutrition | |
| Marasmus | 320 (77.5) |
| Kwashiorkor | 66 (16.0) |
| Marasmic Kwashiorkor | 27 6.5) |
| Admission type | |
| New | 383 (92.7) |
| Readmission | 30 (7.3) |
| Edema at admission | |
| Present | 89 (21.8) |
| Absent | 320 (78.2) |
| Grade of edema at admission | |
| Plus one (+) | 28 (32.2) |
| Plus two (++) | 29 (33.3) |
| Plus three (+++) | 30 (34.5) |
| Breast fed during stay | |
| Yes | 246 (71.5) |
| No | 105 (28.5) |
| Immunization status | |
| Fully vaccinated | 184 (63.4) |
| On immunization | 63 (21.7) |
| Partially immunized | 23 (7.9) |
| Not immunized | 20 (6.9) |
| Co-morbidity | |
| Present | 378 (94.0) |
| Absent | 24 (6.0) |
| Major co-morbidities | |
| Tuberculosis | 20 (5.3) |
| Pneumonia | 207 (54.8) |
| HIV/AIDS | 10 (2.6) |
| Anemia | 62 (16.4) |
| Diarrhea | 158 (41.8) |
| Rickets | 81 (21.4) |
| Hypothermia (Temp < 35 °C) | 13 (3.3) |
| Fever (Temp > 38.5 °C) | 24 (6.2) |