Ten-year trends in clinical characteristics and outcome of children hospitalized with severe wasting or nutritional edema in Malawi (2011–2021): Declining admissions but worsened clinical profiles
Over 10 years, mortality risk remained high among hospitalized children with SAM and coincided with worsened clinical presentation at admission and increased readmission. Longitudinal data from major NRUs can identify shifts in clinical profiles or outcomes, and this information can be leveraged to promote earlier care-seeking, improved risk stratification, and implementation of more patient-centered treatments.
Authors
- Céline Bourdon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6336-0906)
- Mphatso Chisala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6233-1532)
- Isabel Potani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3494-534X)
- Dominic Wang
- Allison I Daniel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1774-1214)
- Wieger P. Voskuijl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5825-2831)
- Robertus Bandsma
- Linnéa Weise
- Emmie Mbale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7134-2858)
- Emmanuel Chimwezi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4276-5058)
- Chikondi Makwinja
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Emma Kinderziekenhuis (NL)
- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (NL)
- The Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network (KE)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311534
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00