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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1987 33(1):24-28; doi:10.1093/tropej/33.1.24
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Nutrition Rehabilitation in Hospital—a Waste of Time and Money? Evaluation of Nutrition Rehabilitation in a Rural District Hospital in South-west Tanzania. II. Long-term Results

M. W. van Roosmalen-Wiebenga, MD, Statistician*,, J. A. Kusin, MD, PhD** and C. de With**

* Previously at Mbozi Designated District Hospital Mbeya Region, Tanzania
** Department of Human Nutrition, Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Correspondence: M. van Roosmalen-Wiebenga, c/o Dept, Human Nutrition, Royal Tropical Institute, Mauritskade 63, 1092 AD Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Results of village-level follow-up of children admitted with severe PEM in the nutrition rehabilitation programme of a rural district hospital are presented. Of 647 children eligible for follow-up 566 (87 per cent) could be traced and followed for over a year. Mortality after discharge was 8 per cent, relapse rate 13 per cent, 4 per cent still had some clinical signs of malnutrition, and 75 per cent were in good condition with considerable catch-up growth in weight (WA and WH), but not in height. The level of weight-for-height at discharge was not significantly related to long-term results.


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