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Barriers and facilitators of severe acute malnutrition management at Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia, descriptive phenomenological study.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundMalnutrition is a clinical condition that affects all age groups, and it remains a major public health threat in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a result, this research aimed to investigate the barriers and facilitators of treating severe acute ...
Daniel Alelign, Netsanet Fentahun, Zeamanuel Anteneh Yigzaw   +2 more
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The mechanism of labor in nonhuman primates: A look inside

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract While in humans, the flexed position of the fetus and its rotating course down the birth canal are well documented, in other primates the mechanism of labor is unknown. Despite the lack of comparative data, it is commonly assumed that the human obstetric mechanism is unique, and anthropologists have disputed when and why the transition to the ...
Melissa K. Stoller
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating risk factors for protein-energy malnutrition in children under the age of six years: a case-control study from Iran [PDF]

Introduction: Protein-energy malnutrition is one of the most important public health problems in Iran. It not only accounts for more than half of child mortality but can also produce somatic and mental impairment in survivors.
کامران, عزیز, فریدن, محمد, شرقی, افشان   +2 more
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Children with severe malnutrition: can those at highest risk of death be identified with the WHO protocol? [PDF]

, 2006
Background: With strict adherence to international recommended treatment guidelines, the case fatality for severe malnutrition ought to be less than 5%. In African hospitals, fatality rates of 20% are common and are often attributed to poor training and ...
Berkley, J.A., Berkley, James, Newton Charles R. J. C, Charles R J C Newton, Berkley James A, Peshu, N, Kathryn Maitland, Berkley, JA, Norbert Peshu, Maitland, K, English, M, James A Berkley, Mohammed Shebbe, Newton, CR, English Michael, Michael English, Newton, C.R.J., Newton, CRJC, Maitland Kathryn, Shebbe, M, Peshu Norbert, English, M., Shebbe Mohammed, English, Mike, Peshu, N., Shebbe, M., Maitland, K.   +26 more
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malnutrition

, 2023
   Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients. The term malnutrition addresses 3 broad groups of conditions: •undernutrition, which includes wasting (low weight-for-height), stunting (low ...
Ahamed Masooth mohamed (12064673)
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Lower Extremity Injuries and Revision Surgery Rates are Increased in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa Compared With Controls

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To compare lower extremity soft tissue injury and revision surgery rates for patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) compared with matched controls. Methods This retrospective cohort study used a deidentified claims database.
Jackson G. Woodrow, David G. Deckey, Eugenia Lin, Jack M. Haglin, Joshua S. Bingham, Karan A. Patel, Callie M. Davies, Steven K. Poon   +7 more
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Impact of the pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) shortage on prescribing in England: Analysis of national data

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) is essential for the management of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. Since June 2023, the United Kingdom has been affected by a global shortage of PERT. We investigated the impact of this shortage on national prescribing trends for Creon, Nutrizym, Pancrex and Pangrol.
Teena S. Varghese, Mary E. Phillips, Louis Fisher, Helen Fitt, Adam Frampton, Christopher Wood, Agnieszka Lemanska   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of Antibiotics for the Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Review

Sokoto Journal of Medical Laboratory Science, 2016
Severe acute malnutrition contributes to the mortality of about a fifth of children who die before the age of five and those that are not killed by malnutrition are more likely to be affected by infectious diseases, which may impair their physical and ...
Adamu S.M., Omar H. L., Namadi A., Muhammed I.U. and Mashi J.A.
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Predictors of relapse of acute malnutrition following exit from community-based management program in Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia: An unmatched case-control study.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundCommunity-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) is an effective program to manage children with acute malnutrition, including both severe and moderate acute malnutrition. However, little is known about continued child nutritional status
Dereje Birhanu Abitew, Alemayehu Worku Yalew, Afework Mulugeta Bezabih, Alessandra N Bazzano   +3 more
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Ready-to-use therapeutic food with elevated n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content, with or without fish oil, to treat severe acute malnutrition; a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Background Ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) are lipid-based pastes widely used in the treatment of acute malnutrition. Current specifications for RUTF permit a high n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content and low n-3 PUFA, with no stipulated ...
West, Annette L, Berkley, J.A., Mulongo, MM, Berkley, James, Warner, John O, Fegan, G., Koster, Grielof, Odera, D, Postle, Anthony D, Collins, S., Ndungu, A, Warner, J.O., Koster, G, Ali, R., Thitiri, J., Bahwere, P, Akomo, P., Mulongo, M.M., Knight, MAG, Ngari, M, Jones, K.D., Ndungu, A., Ndoro, S, Fegan, G, Talbert, AW, Talbert, Alison WA, Ndungu, Anne, Ali, R, Akomo, P, Goss, Victoria M, Calder, P.C., Thitiri, Johnstone, Jones, Kelsey DJ, Khasira, Maureen A, Omollo, K, Odera, D., Bahwere, Paluku, Akomo, Peter, Calder, PC, Odera, Dennis, Ngari, Moses, Warner, JO, Khasira, M.A., Talbert, A.W., Collins, S, Berkley, James A, Thitiri, J, Mulongo, Musa M, Jones, KDJ, Ali, Rehema, Berkley, JA, Knight, Miguel A Garcia, Koster, G., West, A.L., Postle, AD, Ndoro, S., Omollo, K., Postle, A.D., Khasira, MA, Goss, V.M., Knight, MA, Knight, M.A., Ndoro, Said, Collins, Steve, Fegan, Greg, Bahwere, P., Talbert, AWA, Omollo, Kenneth, Calder, Philip C, Jones, KD, West, AL, Goss, VM   +71 more
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