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Relation of childhood diarrheal morbidity with the type of tube well used and associated factors of Shigella sonnei diarrhea in rural Bangladesh site of the Global Enteric Multicenter Study

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2019
Background Diarrheal disease still remains a major public health threat and is often associated with fatal outcome especially in children with shigellosis mostly in developing countries.
Yasmin Jahan, Michiko Moriyama, Soroar Hossain, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Farzana Ferdous, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Sumon Kumar Das, Md. Iqbal Hossain, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Tahmeed Ahmed, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti   +10 more
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Impact of an interdisciplinary malnutrition quality improvement project at a large metropolitan hospital

BMJ Open Quality, 2020
As many as 50% of hospitalised patients are estimated to be malnourished or at risk of malnutrition on hospital admission, but this condition often goes unrecognised, undiagnosed and untreated.
Kelsey Jones Pratt, Beverly Hernandez, Robert Blancato, Jeanne Blankenship, Kristi Mitchell   +4 more
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Malnutrition: What is malnutrition?

, 2022
Malnutrition is when a person’s diet does not provide enough nutrients or the right balance of nutrients for optimal health. Causes of malnutrition include: unsuitable dietary choices having a low income difficulty obtaining food various physical and mental health conditions Undernutrition is one type of malnutrition Trusted Source.
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Oedematous malnutrition [PDF]

British Medical Bulletin, 1998
Oedematous malnutrition in the child or adult is not caused by protein deficiency; such a concept can lead to fatal therapeutic error in oedematous malnutrition treatment. On the other hand, deficiency of protein, or the other type II nutrients, is common and causes stunting and wasting. In kwashiorkor, the deficiency is more likely to be due to one or
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Preventing Acute Malnutrition in Young Children: Improving the Evidence for Current and Future Practice [PDF]

, 2014
Marko Kerac and Andrew Seal comment on the study by Langendorf and colleagues about the effectiveness of different strategies to prevent malnutrition in young children and discuss the implications of this study for food programs ...
Kerac, Marko, Andrew Seal, Kerac, M, Seal, A, Seal, Andrew, Marko Kerac, Kerac Marko, Seal Andrew   +7 more
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Sarcopenia as a Robust Predictor of Readmission within 6 Months among Individuals Experiencing Acute Stroke [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
Background Sarcopenia negatively affects the short-term prognosis of hospitalized older adults. However, no evidence currently supports a direct relationship between sarcopenia and readmission among individuals who have experienced an acute stroke ...
Takafumi Abe, Yoshihiro Yoshimura, Yoichi Sato, Fumihiko Nagano, Ayaka Matsumoto   +4 more
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Do children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition need antibiotics? A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2013
Current (1999) World Health Organization guidelines recommend giving routine antibiotics (AB) for all children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), even if they have uncomplicated disease with no clinically obvious infections.
Kerac, Marko, Cécile Salpeteur, Alcoba Gabriel, Briend, André, Briend André, Kerac Marko, Salpeteur Cécile, Breysse, S, Serge Breysse (104940), Alain Gervaix (104954), Serge Breysse, Galetto-Lacour Annick, Breysse, Serge, Galetto-Lacour, A, Alcoba Wright, Fermin Gabriel, Alcoba, Gabriel, Salpeteur, Cécile, Gabriel Alcoba, Cécile Salpeteur (104944), Annick Galetto-Lacour (104948), Kerac, M, Briend, A, André Briend (104951), Gabriel Alcoba (104933), Marko Kerac, Galetto-Lacour, Annick, Annick Galetto-Lacour, André Briend, Breysse Serge, Alain Gervaix, Gervaix, A, Gervaix, Alain, Salpeteur, C, Gervaix Alain, Marko Kerac (104936), Alcoba, G, Kerac M, Salpeteur C, Breysse S, Gervaix A, Alcoba G, Briend A, Galetto-Lacour A   +42 more
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Sarcopenic Obesity Defined by Japanese Working Group on Sarcopenic Obesity in Post-Stroke Inpatients: Prevalence and Clinical Implications [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
Background Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is characterized by the coexistence of sarcopenia and obesity, associated with adverse health outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of SO as defined by the recently published Japanese Working Group on
Ayaka Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Yoshimura, Hidetaka Wakabayashi, Fumihiko Nagano, Sayuri Shimazu, Yoshifumi Kido, Ai Shiraishi, Takenori Hamada, Kouki Yoneda, Takahiro Bise, Aomi Kuzuhara   +10 more
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Follow-Up of Post-Discharge Growth and Mortality after Treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (FuSAM Study): A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

, 2014
Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) plays a vital role in achieving global child survival targets. Effective treatment programmes are available but little is known about longer term outcomes following programme ...
Bunn, J, Kerac, Marko, Bunn, James, Bahwere, Paluku, George Chagaluka, Steve Collins (572092), Seal, Andrew A.J., Tomkins, A, Collins, S, Chagaluka, G, James Bunn, Chagaluka, George, Paluku Bahwere (572091), Paluku Bahwere, Seal, A, Andrew Seal (572093), Bahwere, P, Andrew Seal, Kerac, M, Tomkins, Andrew, Marko Kerac, Andrew Tomkins, Collins, Steve, Steve Collins, James Bunn (373779), George Chagaluka (572090), Seal, Andrew, Andrew Tomkins (75516), Marko Kerac (104936), Chagaluka George, Kerac Marko, Seal Andrew, Bahwere Paluku, Tomkins Andrew, Collins Steve, Bunn James   +35 more
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Poverty and malnutrition in urban sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2009
Poverty contributes to many problems globally and its resultant effects are many,, varied and have their greatest impact in poor countries. One of the major effects of poverty is malnutrition, which has a hold on all facets of life due to the vicious ...
Muriuki, Mercy S. N.
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