Treatment Outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and Its Determinants among Pediatric Patients in West Ethiopia

Table 4

Distribution of treatment outcome for SAM children who were admitted to NRH, West Ethiopia, from November 2015 to April 2017 (n=205).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent (%)
Treatment response of the child	Died	9	4.4
	Cured	137	66.8
	defaulter	34	16.6
	Transferred out	25	12.2
Weight gain for cured in kg (n=137)	Yes	130	94.9
	No	7	5.1
Length of days the child stays for cured (n=137)	7 days	4	2.9
	8-14 days	60	43.8
	15-22 days	55	40.1
	23 days	18	13.1
MUAC gain for cured in mm (n=137)	Yes	130	94.9
	No	7	5.1