Table 3 Distribution of severe anaemia and fatality by severity features and age group.
CLINICAL FEATURES | Neonates | Infants | Children 1-4 yrs | Children 5-13 yrs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | CF (%) | n (%) | CF (%) | n (%) | CF (%) | n (%) | CF (%) | N (%) | CF (%) | |
N | 91 | 526 | 1279 | 369 | 2265 | |||||
Age median [IQR] | 4 days [2-10] | 8 mths [6-10] | 2 yrs [1.5-3] | 7.5 yrs [6-9.5] | 1.9 yrs [0.9-3.6] | |||||
Respiratory Distress | 38 (42) | 12 (32) | 261 (50) | 27 (10) | 413 (32) | 59 (14) | 72 (20) | 17 (24) | 784 (24) | 115 (15) |
Deep Breathing | 21 (23) | 10 (48) | 118 (22) | 19 (16) | 261 (20) | 47 (18) | 41 (11) | 11 (27) | 441 (19) | 87 (20) |
Indrawing | 31 (34) | 10 (32) | 208 (40) | 20 (10) | 253 (20) | 33 (13) | 52 (14) | 13 (25) | 544 (24) | 76 (14) |
Capillary refill >2 s | 18 (20) | 7 (39) | 108 (21) | 16 (15) | 279 (22) | 39 (14) | 55 (15) | 19 (35) | 460 (20) | 81 (18) |
Severe malnutrition | 36 (40) | 16 (44) | 98 (19) | 10 (10) | 147 (19) | 35 (14) | 32 (9) | 9 (28) | 413 (18) | 70 (17) |
Prostration | 16 (18) | 6 (38) | 85 (16) | 18 (21) | 277 (22) | 48 (17) | 36 (10) | 9 (25) | 414 (18) | 81 (20) |
Malaria parasites | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 288 (55) | 16 (6) | 740 (58) | 52 (7) | 83 (22) | 6 (7) | 1113 (49) | 74 (7) |
Transfused | 44 (48) | 13 (30) | 346 (66) | 28 (8) | 842 (66) | 63 (7) | 258 (70) | 25 (10) | 1490 (66) | 129 (9) |
Not transfused | 47 (52) | 15 (32) | 164 (31) | 6 (4) | 423 (33) | 27 (6) | 103 (28) | 11 (11) | 737 (33) | 59 (8) |
No transfusion status | 0 | 16 (3) | 1 (6) | 14 (1) | 1 (7) | 8 (2) | 1 (13) | 38 (2) | 3 (8) | |