Mortality rate and predictors of time to death in children with severe acute malnutrition treated in Felege-Hiwot Referral Hospital Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Res Notes. 2019 Jul 15;12(1):409. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4467-x.

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to determine mortality rate, time to death and factors affecting the time to death among children with severe acute malnutrition admitted to therapeutic feeding unit of Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahirdar.

Result: A total of 401 children with severe acute malnutrition who were admitted to therapeutic feeding units from September 2012 to January 2016 were included in the study. The incidence of death rate was 8.47% (95% CI 6.11%, 11.65%). The median time to death was 3 days (Inter Quartile Range of 4 days). Children's of age > 24 months (AHR = 0.27; 95% CI 0.1, 0.73), fully vaccinated status (AHR = 0.16; 95% CI 0.07, 0.36), HIV infection (AHR = 3.82; 95% CI 1.3, 11.15) and congestive heart failure (AHR = 6.98; 95% CI 2.42, 20.09) were significant predictors of mortality among children admitted for severe acute malnutrition.

Keywords: Mortality; Sever acute malnutrition; Time to death.

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Comorbidity
  • Ethiopia / epidemiology
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • Heart Failure / epidemiology
  • Hospital Mortality*
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Severe Acute Malnutrition / epidemiology
  • Severe Acute Malnutrition / mortality*
  • Severe Acute Malnutrition / therapy*
  • Survival Rate