Abstract

Objective The objective of this analysis is to evaluate the evolution of the nutritional status of a cohort admitted to nutritional recovery center at the Tudikolela hospital, in Mbujimayi, and to identify the risk factors for hospital malnutrition as well as its consequences on the morbidity and length of hospitalization. Material and methods Our study is prospective, transversal, carried out in a center of nutritional recovery of malnutrition.It was carried out in a Unit Nutritional Therapeutic intensive (UNTI) of the Tudikolela General Hospital in Mbujimayi (Democratic Republic of Congo). It concerns 275 subjects. Results The presence study reveals that diarrhea on admission (p0.009) constitutes a mortality factor in malnourished children.

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