Table 1 Co-morbidity and medical conditions among study participants in TFCs of Debre Berhan Referral, Enat General and Mehal Meda Primary Hospitals, 2013–2015
Medical conditions | N (%) |
|---|---|
Type of Malnutrition | |
 Marasmus | 320 (77.5) |
 Kwashiorkor | 66 (16.0) |
 Marasmic Kwashiorkor | 27 6.5) |
Admission type | |
 New | 383 (92.7) |
 Readmission | 30 (7.3) |
Edema at admission | |
 Present | 89 (21.8) |
 Absent | 320 (78.2) |
Grade of edema at admission | |
 Plus one (+) | 28 (32.2) |
 Plus two (++) | 29 (33.3) |
 Plus three (+++) | 30 (34.5) |
Breast fed during stay | |
 Yes | 246 (71.5) |
 No | 105 (28.5) |
Immunization status | |
 Fully vaccinated | 184 (63.4) |
 On immunization | 63 (21.7) |
 Partially immunized | 23 (7.9) |
 Not immunized | 20 (6.9) |
Co-morbidity | |
 Present | 378 (94.0) |
 Absent | 24 (6.0) |
Major co-morbidities | |
 Tuberculosis | 20 (5.3) |
 Pneumonia | 207 (54.8) |
 HIV/AIDS | 10 (2.6) |
 Anemia | 62 (16.4) |
 Diarrhea | 158 (41.8) |
 Rickets | 81 (21.4) |
Hypothermia (Temp < 35 °C) | 13 (3.3) |
Fever (Temp > 38.5 °C) | 24 (6.2) |