The Causes of Death in below Five Years Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) at the University Teaching Children’s Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia

dc.contributor.author	Ramasamy, Sakthivel
dc.date.accessioned	2025-07-24T12:42:16Z
dc.date.available	2025-07-24T12:42:16Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description.abstract	This study was aimed at finding the leading causes of death in these malnourished patients as mortality of children under five years of age with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in-patient set-ups in the sub-Saharan Africa still remains high. This was conducted on the inpatients with severe acute malnutrition. Both the complicated and uncomplicated ones were assessed without any exception and there was no exclusion. The patients aged 0 to 59 months were under study from the Malnutrition ward A07 at the University Teaching Children’s Hospital which occupies about 59 bed spaces. Data was collected from a sample of 50 respondents and was analyzed to produce results in relation to the objectives of the study. The tools used in the collection of data were questionnaires and observations. The SPSS was used for the analysis of the data in order to obtain the necessary information for the study and present the findings.
dc.identifier.uri	https://ds.dmiseu.org/handle/123456789/81
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	International Journal of Recent Innovation in Food Science & Nutrition
dc.subject	Children
dc.subject	Death
dc.subject	Hospital
dc.subject	Patients.
dc.title	The Causes of Death in below Five Years Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) at the University Teaching Children’s Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
dc.type	Article

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