Follow-up of a historic cohort of children treated for severe acute malnutrition between 1988 and 2007 in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 3; p. e0229675
• Main Authors: Mwene-Batu, Pacifique, Bisimwa, Ghislain, Ngaboyeka, Gaylord, Dramaix, Michelle, Macq, Jean, Lemogoum, Daniel, Donnen, Philippe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 11.03.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adults; Analysis; Anthropometry; Archives & records; Arm; Arm circumference; Biology and Life Sciences; Body measurements; Childhood; Children; Circumferences; Communicable diseases; Death; Diseases; Edema; Famine; Hazard identification; Health risks; Hospitals; Hypotheses; Lung diseases; Malaria; Malnutrition; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metabolism; Mortality; Pediatrics; People and Places; Regression analysis; Research and Analysis Methods; Studies; Thorax; Time; Vector-borne diseases; Congo (Kinshasa); Belgium; Africa

It is well documented that treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is effective. However, little is known about the long-term outcomes for children treated for SAM. We sought to trace former SAM patients 11 to 30 years after their discharge from hospital, and to describe their longer-term surv...