Under-five protein energy malnutrition admitted at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu: a 10 year retrospective review.

Objective: To determine the prevalence, risk factors, co-morbidities and case fatality rates of Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) admissions at the paediatric ward of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, South-east Nigeria over a 10 year period.

Design: A retrospective study using case Notes, admission and mortality registers retrieved from the Hospital's Medical Records Department.

Subjects: All children aged 0 to 59 months admitted into the hospital on account of PEM between 1996 and 2005.