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Amoxicillin for Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 Holmes, AH, Moore, LS, Rawson, T
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Optimising the management of acute malnutrition
The Lancet Global Health, 2022 Acute malnutrition affects 47 million children aged under 5 years and contributes to nearly 1 million children's deaths annually worldwide. Africa and Asia bear 96% of the global burden of acute malnutrition. [...]
Mbusa Kambale, Richard +1 more
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Malnutrition in Patients with Acute Stroke [PDF]
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2011 Stroke is a devastating event that carries a potential for long-term disability. Malnutrition is frequently observed in patients with stroke, and dysphagia contributes to malnutrition risk. During both the acute phase of stroke and rehabilitation, specific nutritional interventions in the context of a multidisciplinary team effort can enhance the ...
Stella D. Bouziana +1 more
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Severe acute malnutrition and infection [PDF]
Paediatrics and International Child Health, 2014 Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is associated with increased severity of common infectious diseases, and death amongst children with SAM is almost always as a result of infection. The diagnosis and management of infection are often different in malnourished versus well-nourished children.
Berkley, J, Jones, K
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The Professional Medical Journal, 2018 Objective: To determine the frequency of low mid upper arm circumference(MUAC) of children with acute malnutrition. Patients and methods: This study was conducted inthe department of paediatrics at Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad from 01-06-2012 to 30-11-2012.
Carlos Navarro-Colorado +2 more
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Assessing the impact of the introduction of the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children: Secondary data analysis [PDF]
, 2009 OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to assess the impact of adopting the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children compared with the use ...
Grais, R +3 more
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Undernutrition and severe acute malnutrition in children [PDF]
BMJ, 2017 #### What you need to know Undernutrition contributes to nearly 45% of all deaths in children under 5 years old globally.1 Low and middle income countries are worst affected.2 Treatment services are estimated to reach less than 15% of undernourished children.3 Healthcare providers can play a crucial role in identifying undernutrition in children and ...
Suparna, Ghosh-Jerath +4 more
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Estimates of the duration of untreated acute malnutrition in children from Niger. [PDF]
, 2010 Expected incidence of acute malnutrition is the most appropriate measure for projecting the needs of a nutritional treatment program over time in terms of staffing, food, and other treatments, but direct estimation of incidence is rarely feasible at the ...
A. Briend +8 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 BackgroundAcute malnutrition is a major global health problem primarily affecting under-five children. In sub-Saharan Africa, children treated for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) at an inpatient have high case fatality rate and is associated with relapse
Mohammedjemal Alyi +7 more
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Public Health Nutrition, 2023 Objective: To assess the effectiveness of outpatient management with ready-to-use and supplementary foods for infants under 6 months (u6m) of age who were unable to be treated as inpatients due to social and economic barriers.
Maeve M Woeltje +6 more
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