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Factors Associated With Failure to Respond to Treatment for Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Sierra Leone [PDF]

Curr Dev Nutr, 2022
OBJECTIVES: To assess factors associated with failure to respond to treatment for moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) while enrolled in a supplementary feeding program (SFP) in Pujehun District, Sierra Leone. METHODS: This was a secondary analysis of a cluster-randomized trial. The main study examined the cost-effectiveness of four specialized nutritious
Griswold, Stacy, Rogers, Beatrice, Webb, Patrick   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Malnutrition, poor food intake, and adverse healthcare outcomes in non-critically ill obese acute care hospital patients [PDF]

, 2018
Obesity, defined as a BMI\ua0≥\ua030\ua0kg/m, has demonstrated protective associations with mortality in some diseases. However, recent evidence demonstrates that poor nutritional status in critically ill obese patients confounds this relationship.
Agarwal, Ekta, Banks, Merrilyn, Batterham, Marijka, Bauer, Judy, Capra, Sandra, Ferguson, Maree, Isenring, Elisabeth, Vivanti, Angela   +7 more
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The "ComPAS Trial" combined treatment model for acute malnutrition: study protocol for the economic evaluation

Trials, 2018
Background Acute malnutrition is currently divided into severe (SAM) and moderate (MAM) based on level of wasting. SAM and MAM currently have separate treatment protocols and products, managed by separate international agencies.
Natasha Lelijveld, Jeanette Bailey, Amy Mayberry, Lani Trenouth, Dieynaba S. N’Diaye, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Chloe Puett   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Children born during the hunger season are at a higher risk of severe acute malnutrition: Findings from a Guinea Sahelian ecological zone in Northern Ghana

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022
Heightened food insecurity in the hunger season increases the risk of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in childhood. This study examined the association of season of birth with SAM in a Guinean Sahelian ecological zone.
Engelbert A. Nonterah, Paul Welaga, Samuel T. Chatio, Sarah H. Kehoe, Winfred Ofosu, Kate A. Ward, Keith M. Godfrey, Abraham R. Oduro, Marie‐Louise Newell, as members of the INPreP study group   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors for in-hospital mortality of visceral leishmaniasis patients in eastern Uganda. [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for in-hospital mortality in patients treated for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Uganda. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of VL patients' clinical data collected for project monitoring by Médecins Sans Frontières in ...
Bern, Bryceson, Chappuis, Collin, Croft, Delgado, Desjeux, Guerin, Jamjoom, Lyons, Moore, Mueller, Mueller, Olliaro, Ritmeijer, Ritmeijer, Seaman, Sundar, Thakur, Veeken, WHO   +20 more
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Characterizing the metabolic phenotype of intestinal villus blunting in Zambian children with severe acute malnutrition and persistent diarrhea [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) is widespread throughout the tropics and in children is associated with stunting and other adverse health outcomes. One of the hallmarks of EED is villus damage.
Amadi, B, Besa, E, Chandwe, K, Farras, M, Guerrant, R, Kelly, P, Louis-Auguste, J, Mayneris-Perxachs, J, Swann, J, Zyambo, K   +9 more
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Acquired Hypothyroidism Masquerading As Post Hepatitis Sequelae in a Moderate Acute Malnutrition Child [PDF]

Curr Dev Nutr, 2022
OBJECTIVES: The thyroid hormone influences the physiological process of almost all organ systems in children .It is essential for modulation of cardiovascular, neurological, gastrointestinal and metabolic function. In children at the early ages, it influences growth, physical and neurological development.
Vasudev, Prajwala, Ravi, Mandyam Dhati, C, Chandrashekar, Nagaraj, Rashmi, Chandran, Shreya, Nandeibam, Sareet Laxmi   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Protein-energy malnutrition in the rehabilitation setting: Evidence to improve identification [PDF]

, 2016
Methods of identifying malnutrition in the rehabilitation setting require further examination so that patient outcomes may be improved. The purpose of this narrative review was to: (1) examine the defining characteristics of malnutrition, starvation ...
Marshall, Skye
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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, Isanaka, S, Shepherd, S, Villamor, E   +3 more
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Severe and Moderate Acute Malnutrition Can Be Successfully Managed with an Integrated Protocol in Sierra Leone [PDF]

The Journal of Nutrition, 2015
Global acute malnutrition (GAM) is the sum of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The use of different foods and protocols for MAM and SAM treatment can be cumbersome in emergency settings.Our objective was to determine the recovery and coverage rates for GAM of an integrated protocol with a single food product, ready-
Amanda, Maust, Aminata S, Koroma, Caroline, Abla, Nneka, Molokwu, Kelsey N, Ryan, Lauren, Singh, Mark J, Manary   +6 more
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