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Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Volume8, Issue4

The co-morbidities associated with protein energy malnutrition in children

    Dr.Arun Katti,Dr.Keludeppa Talawar,Dr.Manoj Kadlimatti,Dr.Vinaya kumar

European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 2021, Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages 2153-2157

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Abstract

Malnutrition in children continues to dominate the health scenario in India and other developing countries especially in South East Asia. More than one fourth of under 5 children worldwide (150 million) are under weight. 27% (182 million) are stunted, while 10% are wasted. Of all children under the age of five years in developing countries about 31% are under weight, 38% have stunted growth and 9% have wasting. All Children of age 6 months to 60 months admitted to the Paediatric ward, fulfilling the inclusion criteria, during the study period, was included in the study. In our study, ARI with 44.08% is the most common co-morbidity affected, followed by acute gastroenteritis with 27.96%, followed by sepsis with 8.53% followed by UTI with 8.06%, followed by meningitis with 4.27%, followed by malaria with 2.84%, Tuberculosis with 2.84% and skin infection with 1.42%.
Keywords:
    Co-morbidities protein energy malnutrition children
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(2021). The co-morbidities associated with protein energy malnutrition in children. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 8(4), 2153-2157.
Dr.Arun Katti,Dr.Keludeppa Talawar,Dr.Manoj Kadlimatti,Dr.Vinaya kumar. "The co-morbidities associated with protein energy malnutrition in children". European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 8, 4, 2021, 2153-2157.
(2021). 'The co-morbidities associated with protein energy malnutrition in children', European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 8(4), pp. 2153-2157.
The co-morbidities associated with protein energy malnutrition in children. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 2021; 8(4): 2153-2157.
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