Tình trạng dinh dưỡng và một số yếu tố liên quan ở trẻ mắc viêm phổi tại Bệnh viện E

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the nutritional status of children with pneumonia and related factors with malnutrition and the relationship between the nutritional status and the severity of pneumonia. This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 196 pediatric patients suffering from community-acquired pneumonia aged from 2 month to 60 months old at the Department of General Pediatrics - E Hospital from May 2023 to June 2024. The median age of the children was 18 months old; 60.2 % of hospitalized children were from 2 to 23 months old and severe pneumonia accounted for 30.6%. The rate of underweight, stunting, and wasting were 11.2%, 23.0% and 8.2%, respectively. Children with a history of recurrent pneumonia (> 2 times) were at 3.47 times higher risk of wasting compared to those without a history of recurrent pneumonia. There was no significant difference in the severity of pneumonia found between the malnutrition groups. However, malnutrition prolonged the duration of hospital stay of children with pneumonia.