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Interpretation of World Health Organization growth charts for assessing infant malnutrition: a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2013
AIMS: The study aims to assess the effects of switching from National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth references to World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards on health-care workers' decisions about malnutrition in infants aged
Chisepo, Patrick, Kerac, Marko, Heikens, Geert T, Ahmad, Umar N, Yiwombe, Mwawi, Cole, Tim J   +5 more
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Triglyceride Polygenic Score Identifies Individuals Who May Respond Differently to Aspirin in Primary Prevention

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Low‐dose aspirin is no longer routinely recommended for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older adults due to a lack of net benefit over bleeding risk. We hypothesized that genetic subgroups may experience differential harm or benefit from aspirin therapy.
Peter D. Fransquet, Chenglong Yu, Cammie Tran, Sultana Monira Hussain, Chad A. Bousman, Mark R. Nelson, Andrew M. Tonkin, John J. McNeil, Paul Lacaze   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving survival of children with severe acute malnutrition in HIV-prevalent settings.

, 2009
The care of severely malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa is challenging, especially in HIV-prevalent settings. Recent improvements to facility-based individual case management, and increased community-based management focusing on early ...
Kerac, Marko, Fergusson, Pamela, Tomkins, Andrew, Pamela Fergusson, Marko Kerac, Andrew Tomkins   +5 more
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Long‐Acting Therapeutics in Pediatric Health: Bridging Innovation and Access

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Children have distinct therapeutic needs arising from age‐dependent physiology, disease epidemiology, formulation requirements, dosing considerations, and safety vulnerabilities. Despite substantial reductions in childhood mortality over the past three decades, nearly 5 million children under five died in 2023, with infectious diseases continuing to ...
Prajith Venkatasubramanian, Moherndran Archary, Daniel B. Hawcutt, Rachel Daley, Edmund Capparelli, Adeniyi Olagunju   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frailty and GLIM-defined malnutrition contribute to poor clinical outcomes in older adult inpatients in the general surgery department

Frontiers in Nutrition
Background and aimsFrailty and malnutrition are prevalent among older adult inpatients. Our study aimed to analyze the correlation between frailty and malnutrition and determine their effects on the clinical outcomes in older adult surgical inpatients ...
Chengyu Liu, Liru Chen, Peng Liu, Lei Li, Bo Cheng, Jingyong Xu, Hongyuan Cui, Mingwei Zhu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Family's socioeconomic and demographic factors on elements of children's dental and oral health: A scoping review

Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Family plays a significant role in children's dental and oral health (DOH) elements, such as children's DOH knowledge and practice, the development of children's dental fear and anxiety (DFA), children's dental visits, and children's DOH status.
Wisnu Fadila, Mugia B. Rahardja, Puguh Prasetyoputra, Anne A. Suwargiani, Yanu E. Prasetyo, Eriska Riyanti   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing child malnutrition in Tanzania - combined effects of income growth and program interventions [PDF]

Malnutrition is associated with an inadequate diet, poor health and sanitation services, and insufficient care for young children. A combination of income growth and nutrition interventions are therefore suggested to adequately tackle this issue, yet ...
Rossi, Mariacristina, Alderman, Harold, Hoogeveen, Hans   +2 more
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The Weight of the Number: Perceptions and Practices Surrounding Expected Body Weight Disclosure in Eating Disorder Treatment

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Expected body weight (EBW) determination is common in eating disorder (ED) treatment, yet no evidence‐based guidelines exist for how to discuss EBWs with patients. Clinicians have previously conceptualized these discussions as therapeutic exposures targeting fear of weight gain.
Agatha A. Laboe, Mahathi Gavuji, Ava Heyrman, Lilian P. Palmer, Sophia Kreckler, Anna Kreynin, Katherine Schaumberg   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Targeting urban malnutrition [PDF]

This article examines the degree to which child malnutrition, infectious disease, and mortality, as well as poverty, overcrowding, substandard housing, and lack of access to basic services, tend to concentrate in particularly disadvantaged neighborhoods ...
Morris, Saul Sutkover
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A Quality Improvement Project for Malnutrition at a Large Urban Hospital

Malnutrition remains a multi-factorial issue affecting millions around the globe. Different validated screening and assessment tools are used to assess and diagnose malnutrition.
Wu, Man Shan
core   +1 more source