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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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Effect of nutrition survey 'cleaning criteria' on estimates of malnutrition prevalence and disease burden: secondary data analysis. [PDF]

, 2014
Tackling childhood malnutrition is a global health priority. A key indicator is the estimated prevalence of malnutrition, measured by nutrition surveys. Most aspects of survey design are standardised, but data 'cleaning criteria' are not.
Kerac, Marko, Andrew Seal, Grijalva-Eternod, C, Kerac, M, Seal, A, Seal, Andrew, Grijalva-Eternod, Carlos, Marko Kerac, Sonya Crowe, Crowe, S, Carlos Grijalva-Eternod, Crowe, Sonya   +11 more
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Risk factors for severe acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months: A community-based case-control study from Vellore, Southern India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background: Malnutrition plays an important role in the economic burden of society as well as the country. This study aimed to identify the various risk factors and determinants of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) as defined by WHO growth reference ...
Sam M David, Ruby A Pricilla, Sherin S Paul, Kuryan George, Anuradha Bose, Jasmin H Prasad   +5 more
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Operational implications of using 2006 World Health Organization growth standards in nutrition programmes: secondary data analysis [PDF]

, 2007
Objective: To assess the implications of adopting the World Health Organization 2006 growth standards in combination with current diagnostic criteria in emergency and non-emergency child feeding programmes.
Kerac, Marko, Andrew Seal, Seal, Andrew, Kerac, M., Marko Kerac, Seal, A.   +5 more
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Children with severe malnutrition: can those at highest risk of death be identified with the WHO protocol? [PDF]

, 2006
Background: With strict adherence to international recommended treatment guidelines, the case fatality for severe malnutrition ought to be less than 5%. In African hospitals, fatality rates of 20% are common and are often attributed to poor training and ...
Berkley, J.A., Berkley, James, Newton Charles R. J. C, Charles R J C Newton, Berkley James A, Peshu, N, Kathryn Maitland, Berkley, JA, Norbert Peshu, Maitland, K, English, M, James A Berkley, Mohammed Shebbe, Newton, CR, English Michael, Michael English, Newton, C.R.J., Newton, CRJC, Maitland Kathryn, Shebbe, M, Peshu Norbert, English, M., Shebbe Mohammed, English, Mike, Peshu, N., Shebbe, M., Maitland, K.   +26 more
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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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Improving the management of severe acute malnutrition in an area of high HIV prevalence.

, 2008
AIM: To assess the clinical outcomes of a combined approach to the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in an area of high HIV prevalence using: (i) an initial inpatient phase, based on WHO guidelines and (ii) an outpatient recovery phase using ready ...
Kerac, Marko, Collins, Steve, Nesbitt, Anne, Sadler, Kate, Khengere, Hilda   +4 more
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Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in People with Eating Disorders and the Acute Effect of Different Interventions – A Retrospective Cohort Study

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology
Background: Studies suggest that there is an association between eating disorders and pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD), although the contribution of PFD toward symptomatology and interventions to improve these symptoms in the eating disorder population is ...
Monica Williams, Dan Blalock, Marina Foster, Philip S. Mehler, Dennis Gibson   +4 more
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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   +2 more
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Influence of domestic violence on the association between malnutrition and low cognitive development. [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the size and direction of the association between malnutrition and low cognitive performance and to evaluate the effect of domestic violence on this association.
Assis, Ana MO, Letícia M. dos Santos, dos Santos, Letícia M, Silva, Rita de CR, Elizabete de J. Pinto, Hasselmann, Maria H, Pinto, Elizabete de J, Rita de C. R. Silva, Ana M. O. Assis, Maria H. Hasselmann, Rodrigues, Laura C, Laura C. Rodrigues   +11 more
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