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Table 3 Treatment outcome of SAM by type of diagnosis in the therapeutic centers of Debre Markos Referral and Finote Selam District Hospitals, 2016

From: Treatment outcome and associated factors of severe acute malnutrition among 6–59 months old children in Debre Markos and Finote Selam hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study

 

Treatment Outcome

 

Recovered n (%)

Died n (%)

Defaulter n (%)

Transfer n (%)

Total n (%)

Diagnosis

Kwashiorkor

38 (74.5%)

3(5.9%

7(13.7%)

3(5.9%)

51(100.0%)

Marasmus

148(77.5%

11(5.8%)

24(12.6%)

8(4.2%)

191(100.0%)

kwashiorkor-marasmus

11(100.0%)

0(.0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

11(100.0%)

Total

 

197(77.9%)

14(5.5%)

31(12.3%)

11(4.3%)

253(100.0%)