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A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Managing End-Stage Renal Disease in Anorexia Nervosa: A Case Report

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2023
Background: Renal dysfunction and electrolyte abnormalities are common complications of anorexia nervosa (AN), particularly in the binge-eating/purging type (AN-BP).
Vishnupriya Khatri, Maryrose Bauschka, Meghan Foley, Cheryl Lundberg, Philip Mehler   +4 more
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Renal and electrolyte complications in eating disorders: a comprehensive review

Journal of Eating Disorders, 2023
Plain English summary Eating disorders are common and serious mental health disorders with frequent medical complications. This review discusses some of the problems with kidney function and electrolyte abnormalities that occur in patients with eating ...
Leah Puckett
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Association between anthropometric criteria and body composition among children aged 6–59 months with severe acute malnutrition: a cross-sectional assessment from India

BMC Nutrition, 2022
A multicentric study is being conducted in which children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) aged 6–59 months are identified with only weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) 
Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Praveen Kumar, Abner Daniel, Hemang Shah, Raja Sriswan, Arun Kokane, Aditya Mohapatra, Vivek Kashyap, Anil Kumar Goel, Virendra Kumar, Asha Kiran, N. Arlappa, Ankur Joshi, Rashmi Ranjan Nayak, Shikha Sayal, Arjan de Wagt   +15 more
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Screening for Acute Malnutrition Using Family Mid-Upper Arm Circumference in Somali Region of Ethiopia [PDF]

International Journal of Nutrition Sciences, 2022
Background: In spite of the decentralization of diagnosis and treatment of severe acute malnutrition from the strictly hospital-based approach for all cases to community-based approach, only about 10%-15% of the estimated 16.5 million children suffering ...
Olusola Oladeji, Paul Mudzongo, Rashid Abdulai, Abdi Fekdid Mursel, Mohamed Badel Ali, Bashir Sheik Mohammed   +5 more
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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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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   +35 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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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)   +28 more
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