TITLE:
Management of Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 0 to 24 Months Boulbinet Health Center
AUTHORS:
Mohamed Lamine Diallo, Mamadou Ciré Barry, M’mah Aminata Bangoura, Louis Philippe Diffo, Mamadouba Bangoura, Fatoumata Sacko, Telly Sy
KEYWORDS:
Management, Acute Malnutrition, Center, Boulbinet
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.14 No.1,
January
22,
2024
ABSTRACT: Introduction: 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 - 24 months
at the Boulbinet health center. Methodology: 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. Results: Acute
malnutrition in children aged 0 - 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. Conclusion: Improving the quality of care for malnourished
children aged 0 - 24 months requires raising awareness among mothers and the general public
of the consequences of malnutrition.