Survival Status and Its Determinants among Under-Five Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition Admitted to Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centers in South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Table 2

Medical comorbidities, treatment given, and follow-up characteristics of under-five children with SAM in ITFCs in South Wollo Zone, northeast Ethiopia, from September 11, 2014, to January 9, 2016.

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Had the child comorbidities ()
No	51	12.6
Yes	355	87.4
Which comorbidities?
Fever (body temperature >37.5°C)	210	51.7
Diarrhea	164	40.4
Cough/pneumonia	179	44.1
Malaria	15	3.7
Vomiting	110	27.1
Sepsis	28	6.9
Superficial infection (skin or ear infection)	42	10.3
Severe anemia	19	4.7
HIV/AIDS	7	1.7
Hypothermia (body temperature ≤35°C)	11	2.7
TB	4	1.0
Others	6	1.5
Type of diarrhea ()
Watery	113	68.9
Dysentery	51	31.1
Degree of dehydration ()
No dehydration	98	59.8
Some dehydration	61	37.2
Severe dehydration	5	3.0
Was the child given antibiotic? ()
No	20	4.9
Yes	386	95.1
Was the child given vitamin A? ()
No	146	36.0
Yes	260	64.0
Was the child given deworming? ()
No	226	57.7
Yes	180	44.3
Was the child given zinc tab? ()
No	232	57.1
Yes	174	42.9
Immunization status ()
Fully immunized	294	72.4
Up to date	93	22.9
Not yet immunized	19	4.7
Was the child given paracetamol tab/syrup ()
No	143	35.2
Yes	263	64.8
Was the child given ReSoMal ()
No	349	86.0
Yes	57	14.0
Was the child given special IV medication? ()
No	205	50.5
Yes	201	49.5