Abstract:
The study aims to determine the relationship of acute and chronic diarrhea with some
of child' characteristics as age, gender, feeding type as well as to find out the relationship
between diarrhea ( acute and chronic) and Nutritional status of hospitalized infants aged
(1-12) months in Al- Batool Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Children from 1st of
November 2011 till the 1st March 2012. A total of 85 hospitalized infants aged (1-12) months
presented with diarrhea. About(51.76%) of cases affected with acute diarrhea and (48.24%)
of cases affected with chronic diarrhea. The present study showed that male children
(55.06%) affected with acute and chronic diarrhea were more than that of female children
with no significant difference. More than one half of the study sample (52.94%) affected with
acute and chronic diarrhea were ranging between (1 - 6) months with no significant
difference. The results of this study showed that half of the study sample affected with acute
and chronic diarrhea were bottle fed infants with no significant difference. Finally the results
of the study found that majority of cases affected with acute diarrhea were well- nourished
infants as compared to those affected with chronic diarrhea were malnourished infants with a
highly significant difference.
