%0 Journal Article
%T Management of Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 0 to 24 Months Boulbinet Health Center
%A Mohamed Lamine Diallo
%A Mamadou Cir¨¦ Barry
%A M¡¯mah Aminata Bangoura
%A Louis Philippe Diffo
%A Mamadouba Bangoura
%A Fatoumata Sacko
%A Telly Sy
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 122-131
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2024.141013
%X <strong>Introduction:</strong><span><span><b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></b></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Malnutrition is a pathological state resulting from
the relative deficiency or excess of one or more essential nutrients, whether
manifested clinically or detected only by biochemical, anthropometric or
physiological analyses. The overall objective was to assess the quality of
management of acute malnutrition in children aged 0</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">24 months
at the Boulbinet health center. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methodology</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: This was a prospective
descriptive study lasting six (06) months from May 5 to October 5, 2018. The
study included all children aged 0 to 24 months. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Acute
malnutrition in children aged 0</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">24 months
accounted for 2.11% of cases. The sex ratio was 1.41 in favor of males. The
mean age of our patients was 5 months 7 days, with extremes of 1 month and 6
months. The majority came from Ra toma (40.24%). Exclusive breastfeeding was
most common (54.02%). The main clinical signs were: pallor 49.42%, diarrhea
46.67, oral lesions37.96%. SAM represented 89.66% and MAM 10.34%. Most
associated pathologies: anemia 49.42% and oral candidiasis 37.93%. In terms of
outcome, we recorded 56.32% cures, 20.69% deaths, 18.39% dropouts and 4.60%
cures. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conclusion: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Improving the quality of care for malnourished
children aged 0</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span
%K Management
%K Acute Malnutrition
%K Center
%K Boulbinet
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=130599