Evaluation of the treatment guidelines, practices and outcomes of complicated severe acute malnutrition in children aged 0-59 months in sub-Saharan Africa: a study protocol for the SAMAC study
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2020Author
Carboo, Janet Adede
Lombard, Martani
Conradie, Cornelia
Dolman, Robin Claire
Ricci, Cristian
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Introduction: in hospitals across Africa, the case
fatality rates of severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
have remained consistently high (over 20%),
despite the existence of the WHO treatment
guideline. This has been attributed to
inconsistencies in the implementation of the WHO
treatment guidelines in sub-Saharan African
countries. In spite of this awareness, the SAM
treatment guidelines adopted by various
sub-Saharan African countries and hospitals are
unknown. Knowledge of the exact treatment
practices employed in the management of SAM in
different hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa is not
known. This study aims to investigate the
admission criteria, in-patient treatment guidelines
and practices and outcomes of complicated SAM in
sub-Saharan African children aged 0-59 months.
Methods: this is an observational study which
involves the extraction of admission, treatment
and discharge data from the medical records of
infants and children aged 0-59 months diagnosed
and treated for complicated SAM in sub-Saharan
Africa. This information is being used to develop a
comprehensive database on the treatment of
complicated SAM across sub-Saharan Africa.
Information on the national and hospital
guidelines for the treatment of complicated SAM is
also collected. Results: results of this study will
serve as a useful resource on the true reflection of
the treatment of complicated SAM across
sub-Saharan Africa and will provide valuable
information for optimising SAM treatment.
Conclusion: in order to advocate best practice and
reduce SAM-related mortality in sub-Saharan
Africa, the identification of the different diagnostic
and treatment methods and respective outcomes
across different hospitals and countries is
imperative
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http://hdl.handle.net/10394/35955https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/DownloadFile.php?Type=Art&PdfTarget=36-241-19584
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.241.19584
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