Health and nutritional status of children hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh

To compare the health and nutrition of children younger than 5 years admitted to hospital during and before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangladesh. We collected data from hospital records of children 0-59 months admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of the International Centre for D...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2022-02, Vol.100 (2), p.98-107
Main Authors: Nuzhat, Sharika, Hasan, Sm Tafsir, Palit, Parag, Afroze, Farzana, Amin, Rukaeya, Alam, Md Ashraful, Alam, Baharul, Chisti, Mohammod J, Ahmed, Tahmeed
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Language:English
Subjects:
Bangladesh - epidemiology
Biochemical characteristics
Biochemistry
Child
Children
Childrens health
Confidence intervals
Convulsions
Convulsions & seizures
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Creatinine
Data
Data collection
Dehydration
Diarrhea
Health status
Hospitalization
Humans
Hypernatremia
Infant
Infants
Low income groups
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Sepsis
Septic shock
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Side effects
Sociodemographics
Viral diseases
Well being
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Summary:To compare the health and nutrition of children younger than 5 years admitted to hospital during and before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangladesh. We collected data from hospital records of children 0-59 months admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh in March 2020-February 2021 (COVID-19 period;  = 2552) and March 2019-February 2020 (pre-COVID-19 period;  = 6738). Data collected included sociodemographic, anthropometric, clinical and biochemical characteristics. We compared these data for child admissions in the COVID-19 and pre-COVID-19 periods, including infants 0-11 months born during and before the pandemic and admitted to hospital. Admissions of children as a percentage of total admissions were lower in March 2020 (2.47%; 63/2552) than March 2019 (8.30%; 559/6738), but increased to 20.61% (526/2552) in February 2021, three times greater than in the pre-COVID-19 period (6.69%; 451/6738). Children admitted during the COVID-19 period were significantly more likely to have dehydration, severe sepsis or septic shock, convulsions, hypernatraemia and raised creatinine than children admitted before the pandemic (  
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
0042-9686
DOI:10.2471/BLT.21.285579