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Table 4 Follow up characteristics of children with SAM, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia; October, 2012 to April, 2016

From: Recovery time and associated factors of severe acute malnutrition among children in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia: an institution based retrospective cohort study

Variables

Frequency (%)

Fail to start to lose edema on day 4

33(20.2)

Edema still present on day 10

14(16.3)

Fail to enter in to phase 2 on day 10

129(32.2)

Fail to gain > 5 g/kg/d for 3 successive days

145(36.2)

Heart failure

42(10.5)

Weight gain > 8 g/kg/day

348(86.8)