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A retrospective review of hospital records of children 6\u201259 months old admitted at Garissa County referral hospital, Kenya, from January 2017 to December 2019 was conducted. Using World Health Organization 2006 growth standards, undernutrition were defined: wasting as Weight\u2010for\u2010height Z\u2010score\u2009&lt;\u2009\u22122, stunting Height\u2010for\u2010age Z\u2010score\u2009&lt;\u2009\u22122 and underweight Weight\u2010for\u2010age Z\u2010score\u2009&lt;\u2009\u22122. We studied wasting coexisting with underweight and\/or stunting. Among 624 children recruited, 347 (56%) were males and 511 (82%) &lt;24 months old. Diarrhoea 210 (34%) and pallor\/anaemia 310 (50%) were the most frequent admission diagnosis. HIV infection was present among 8 (1.3%) children. Wasting, underweight and stunting were present among 595 (95%), 518 (83%) and 176 (28%) children respectively. 161 (26%), 506 (81%) and 161 (26%) children had wasting coexisting with stunting, underweight and both stunting and underweight respectively. In the multivariable regression, diarrhoea was positively associated with wasting coexisting with stunting (adjusted risk ratio [aRR\u2009=\u20092.96] [95% CI\u2009=\u20092.06\u20124.23]) and anaemia with wasting coexisting with underweight (aRR\u2009=\u20091.23) (95% CI\u2009=\u20091.03\u20121.47). Overall, 343 (55%) children were discharged alive, 67 (11%) absconded from the wards, 164 (26%) were transferred to another hospital and 50 (8.0%) died before discharge. The risk of inpatient death was 10.3%, 7.9%, 8.4% and 6.8% among children not wasted, wasted only, wasted &amp; underweight, and wasted and underweight and stunted respectively (Chi\u2010square <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.60). The study reports an unacceptably high levels of undernourishment, including coexisting forms of undernutrition among hospitalised children. 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