| dc.contributor |
Epicentre, Paris, France. |
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| dc.creator |
Pécoul, B |
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| dc.creator |
Soutif, C |
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| dc.creator |
Hounkpevi, M |
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| dc.creator |
Ducos, M |
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| dc.date |
1992 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2017-01-31T07:10:19Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2017-01-31T07:10:19Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Efficacy of a Therapeutic Feeding Centre Evaluated During Hospitalization and a Follow-up Period, Tahoua, Niger, 1987-1988. 1992, 12 (1):47-54notAnn Trop Paediatr |
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| dc.identifier |
0272-4936 |
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| dc.identifier |
1376587 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10144/21032 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://fieldresearch.msf.org/msf/handle/10144/21032 |
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| dc.identifier |
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10144/21032 |
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| dc.description |
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. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Maney Publilshing |
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| dc.relation |
http://www.maney.co.uk/journals/atp |
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| dc.rights |
Archived on this site with kind permission of Maney Publishing |
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| dc.title |
Efficacy of a Therapeutic Feeding Centre Evaluated During Hospitalization and a Follow-up Period, Tahoua, Niger, 1987-1988. |
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