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CLINICAL MANIFESTATION OF HYPOCALCEMIA IN SEVERELY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN

Dr Rashida Javed, Dr Sanaullah Khan, Dr Farrah Naz, Dr Ayesha Sabir, Dr Safoora Khalid

Aims and Objectives: To see the frequency of clinical manifestations of hypocalcaemia in severely-malnourished children aged 6 months to 5 years. Method: This is a cross-sectional study done in Children Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore after taking informed consent from parents. The continuous variables like age were revealed as mean and standard deviation. The qualitative variables like gender and demonstration of hypocalcaemia, AWD, vomiting and convulsion were presented as frequency and percentage. Results: The mean age of the patients was 34.67±15.72 months. Regarding sex distribution, 104 (52%) patients were male and 96(48%) patients were females. Mean value of calcium level of the patients was 5.55±1.45. Frequency of clinical manifestation of hypocalcaemia stood as follows: acute watery diarrhea in 167(83.5%) patients, vomiting in 59(29.5%) cases and convulsion in 39(19.50%) cases. Conclusion: In conclusion, the present study displayed that the frequency of clinical manifestation (ADW, Vomiting & convulsion) of hypocalcaemia was 83.5%, 29.5% & 19.50% respectively in severely-malnourished children aged 6 months to 5 years. Keywords: Acute Watery Diarrhea, Severe, Malnutrition, Children, Hypocalcaemia

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