A study of nutritional assessment in children with pneumonia or diarrhoea and pneumonia and diarrhoea both admitted at a tertiary care hospital

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Author Details : Panna Bulsara, Tinkalbahen Dilipbhai Patel, Raksha Kamat*, Tarun Kumar, Athira Kovvali

Volume : 7, Issue : 2, Year : 2024

Article Page : 61-64

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijpns.2024.012

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Abstract

Introduction : Adequate Nutrition is essential for development of human. Malnutrition includes both undernutrition and over-nutrition and refers to deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in the intake of energy, protein and/or other nutrients. Benefits of good health are perceived not only at the individual level but also at the level of society and country.
Aim & Objective : To study the proportion and severity of malnutrition in children admitted with pneumonia and Acute Diarrhoea. To study the correlation of severity of malnutrition in both pneumonia and diarrhoea in children.
Materials and Methods : A cross sectional study was conducted 374 among Paediatrics patient between 1 month to 5 years of age, admitted at Paediatric ward, New Civil Hospital, Surat.
Result : Majority of patients were male (n=236, 63.10%). Maximum subjects were in age range 1-3 years (n=194, 51.87%), followed by 103 subjects ?1 year of age and 77 subjects were >3-5 years of age. Only 288 subjects were completely immunized (77%) and rest of 86 patients were partially immunized (23%). In present study, maximum subjects were full term babies (n=283, 75.67%) and 91 patients were preterm infants (24.33%). And maximum subjects were normal birth weight (n=276, 73.80%) and 98 subjects (26.20%) had low birth weight at the time of delivery.
Conclusion : SAM must be identified and handled carefully since it causes more difficulties and requires a longer hospital stay than MAM and the regular nutrition group. MAM, which is commonly ignored, must be recognised and monitored because it can eventually result in SAM.
 

Keywords: Pneumonia, Diarrhoea, Nutritional assessment, Malnutritio

How to cite : Bulsara P , Patel T D , Kamat R , Kumar T , Kovvali A, A study of nutritional assessment in children with pneumonia or diarrhoea and pneumonia and diarrhoea both admitted at a tertiary care hospital. J Paediatr Nurs Sci 2024;7(2):61-64

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