Undernourished children presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a prospective descriptive study

• Main Authors: Prosper J. Bashaka (Author), Hendry R. Sawe (Author), Victor Mwafongo (Author), Juma A. Mfinanga (Author), Michael S. Runyon (Author), Brittany L. Murray (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background: Childhood undernutrition causes significant morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Tanzania, the in-hospital prevalence of undernutrition in children under five years of age is approximated to be 30% with a case fatality rate of 8.8%. In Tanzania...