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Informing the management of acute malnutrition in infants aged under 6 months (MAMI): risk factor analysis using nationally-representative demographic & health survey secondary data [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Background Tackling malnutrition is a global health priority, helping children both survive and thrive. Acute malnutrition (wasting) in infants aged under 6 months (u6m) is often neglected.
Marko Kerac, Severine Frison, Nichola Connell, Bethan Page, Marie McGrath   +4 more
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The effect of acute malnutrition on enteric pathogens, moderate-to-severe diarrhoea, and associated mortality in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study cohort: a post-hoc analysis

The Lancet Global Health, 2020
Summary: Background: Host vulnerabilities associated with acute malnutrition could facilitate the ability of specific enteric pathogens to cause diarrhoea and associated mortality.
Kirkby D Tickell, MBBS, Rumana Sharmin, MBBS, Emily L Deichsel, PhD, Laura M Lamberti, PhD, Judd L Walson, MD, A S G Faruque, MBBS, Patricia B Pavlinac, PhD, Karen L Kotloff, MD, Mohammod J Chisti, PhD   +8 more
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STUDY OF CO-MORBIDITIES AND OUTCOME IN HOSPITALISED CHILDREN WITH PRIMARY SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Introduction:  Aim & Objectives: To determine the different co-morbidities associated in children aged 6 - 59 months with primary severe acute malnutrition and the outcome of primary severe acute malnutrition in children.
Gobinda Hembram, Satyaranjan Mallick, Sangeeta Das, Mangal Charan Murmu   +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, Archna, Singh, Nameet, Jerath, Suruchi, Gupta, Elizabeth F, Racine   +4 more
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Community-based management of acute malnutrition for infants under 6 months of age is safe and effective: analysis of operational data

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, Anastasia B Evanoff, Beth A Helmink, Diana L Culbertson, Kenneth M Maleta, Mark J Manary, Indi Trehan   +6 more
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Time to develop severe acute malnutrition and its predictors among children living with HIV in the era of test and treat strategies at South Gondar hospitals, northwest, Ethiopia, 2021: a multicentre retrospective cohort study

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background Although severe acute malnutrition is a major public issue among HIV infected children, there is no prior evidence in Ethiopia. Hence, this study aims to assess the time to develop severe acute malnutrition and its predictors among children ...
Ermias Sisay Chanie, Getasew Legas, Shimeles Biru Zewude, Maru Mekie, Dagne Addisu Sewyew, Enyew Dagnew Yehuala, Abenezer Melkie, Minale Bezie Ambie, Mengesha Assefa, Fitalew Tadele Admasu, Getachew Yideg Yitbarek, Sintayehu Asnakew, Mekuant Mersha, Dejen Getaneh Feleke   +13 more
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The clinical profile and outcome of children with acute malnutrition in a tertiary health center in North-West Nigeria: A 1-year retrospective review

Journal of Clinical Sciences, 2020
Background: Acute malnutrition is broadly classified as severe acute malnutrition (SAM) or moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). It affects almost 20 million children worldwide, with majority of the cases in developing countries. In Africa, it was estimated
Ibrahim Aliyu, Halima Umar Ibrahim, Umma Idris, Godpower Chinedu Michael, Umma Abdulsalam Ibrahim, Abdulsalam Mohammed, Ibrahim Ahmad, Junaid Muhammad Habib   +7 more
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Treating severe acute malnutrition seriously [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2007
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects approximately 13 million children under the age of 5 and is associated with 1-2 million preventable child deaths each year. In most developing countries, case fatality rates (CFRs) in hospitals treating SAM remain at 20-30% and few of those requiring care actually access treatment.
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Clinico-biochemical profile of sick children with severe acute malnutrition

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Objective: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) classified as edematous and marasmus, however, Kwashiorker represents the most severe phenotype of edematous malnutrition.
Dhilip Kumar, Sunil Kumar Rao, Tej Bali Singh   +2 more
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Severe Acute Malnutrition in Asia

Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2014
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a common condition that kills children and intellectually maims those who survive. Close to 20 million children under the age of 5 years suffer from SAM globally, and about 1 million of them die each year. Much of this burden takes place in Asia.
Ahmed, Tahmeed, Hossain, Muttaquina, Mahfuz, Mustafa, Choudhury, Nuzhat, Hossain, Mir Mobarak, Bhandari, Nita, Lin, Maung Maung, Joshi, Prakash Chandra, Angdembe, Mirak Raj, Wickramasinghe, V. Pujitha, Hossain, S. M. Moazzem, Shahjahan, Mohammad, Irianto, Sugeng Eko, Soofi, Sajid, Bhutta, Zulfiqar   +14 more
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