Consequences of post-discharge hospitalisation on the growth of young Bangladeshi children hospitalised with diarrhoea: a secondary case-control analysis of Antibiotics for Children with Diarrhea (ABCD) trial
Diarrhoeal children aged 2-23 months requiring readmission during the 90-day post-discharge follow-up period had a significant deterioration of ponderal and linear growth, compared with those who did not require readmission. This finding underscores the importance of early identification of children with risks of post-discharge readmission and designing a package of post-discharge trials, including social and nutritional interventions that may help to reduce post-discharge readmissions as well as subsequent growth faltering.
Authors
- Tahmeed Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7887-597X)
- Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7759-974X)
- Rumana Sharmin
- Md Farhad Kabir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0026-5717)
- Sharika Nuzhat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1057-9960)
- Mst. Mahmuda Ackhter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5620-0031)
- Md. Tanveer Faruk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2514-920X)
- Rina Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7499-7278)
- Farzana Afroze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9545-2266)
- Jakia Sultana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4037-0594)
- Irin Parvin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6747-8223)
- Munim Ahmed
- Saila Nasrin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0304-3236)
- Mehnaz Kamal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1236-1044)
- Sharmin Khanam
- Tahmina Alam
- Mohammod Jobayer Chisti
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
- Bangladesh Medical University (BD)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.15.04039
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00