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MANAGEMENT OF INFANTS LESS THAN SIX MONTHS WITH SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM).

The Professional Medical Journal, 2020
Objectives: To determine the average weight gain after lactation counseling therapy in infants up to six months of age having severe acute malnutrition. Study Design: Quasi experimental trial. Setting: Stabilization Center Unit, the Children’s Hospital & the Institute of Child Health, Multan. Period: 1st October 2015 to 1st October 2016.
Asad Abbas, Imrana Ali, Reema Arshad, Ibad Ali, Gul Hasan, Saadia Khan   +5 more
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Determinants of severe acute malnutrition among children aged 6–36 months in Kalafo district (riverine context) of Ethiopia

Scientific Reports, 2022
Malnutrition remains prevalent and existing health problem globally. Particularly Undernutrition is a major public health issue in developing countries. Globally the causes of severe acute undernutrition varies across context.
Ahmed Tahir Ahmed, Abdulahi Haji Abas, Abdifatah Elmi, Abdilahi Omer   +3 more
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Health Outcomes, Pathogenesis and Epidemiology of Severe Acute Malnutrition (HOPE-SAM): rationale and methods of a longitudinal observational study [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2019
IntroductionMortality among children hospitalised for complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remains high despite the implementation of WHO guidelines, particularly in settings of high HIV prevalence. Children continue to be at high risk of morbidity, mortality and relapse after discharge from hospital although long-term outcomes are not well ...
Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi, Beatrice Amadi, Claire D. Bourke, Ruairi C. Robertson, Benjamin Mwapenya, Kanta Chandwe, Chanda Kapoma, Kapula Chifunda, Florence D. Majo, Deophine Ngosa, Pamela Chakara, Nivea Chulu, Faithfull Masimba, Idah Mapurisa, Ellen Besa, Kuda Mutasa, Simutanyi Mwakamui, Thompson Runodamoto, Jean H. Humphrey, Robert Ntozini, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Amee R. Manges, Jonathan R. Swann, A. Sarah Walker, Kusum Nathoo, Paul Kelly, Andrew J. Prendergast   +26 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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Severe malnutrition in children presenting to health facilities in an urban slum in Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2012
SETTING: An urban slum in Kamrangirchar, Bangladesh. OBJECTIVES: Among children aged 6–59 months seeking medical care from the two Médecins Sans Frontières-supported primary health centres, to determine 1) the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
Alders, P, Ali, E, Allaouna, M, Delchevalerie, P, Draguez, B, Enarson, D A, Harries, A D, Manzi, M, Satyanarayana, S, Shams, Z, Van den Bergh, R, Vernaeve, L, Zachariah, R   +12 more
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Effectiveness and Coverage of Treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition Delivered by Community Health Workers in the Guidimakha Region, Mauritania

Children, 2021
Geographical and economic access barriers to health facilities (HF) have been identified as some of the most important causes of the low coverage of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) treatment. The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness and
Pilar Charle-Cuéllar, Noemí Lopez-Ejeda, Hassane Toukou Souleymane, Diagana Yacouba, Moussa Diagana, Abdias Ogobara Dougnon, Antonio Vargas, André Briend   +7 more
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Estimates of the duration of untreated acute malnutrition in children from Niger. [PDF]

, 2010
Expected incidence of acute malnutrition is the most appropriate measure for projecting the needs of a nutritional treatment program over time in terms of staffing, food, and other treatments, but direct estimation of incidence is rarely feasible at the ...
A. Briend, Black, Defourny, F. Checchi, Garenne, Isanaka, MIETTINEN, R. F. Grais, S. Isanaka   +8 more
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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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Liver fat in adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition

Scientific Reports, 2022
The association between severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in early childhood and liver fat in adults is unknown. We hypothesized that exposure to SAM, especially severe wasting, is associated with fatty liver later in life.
Debbie S. Thompson, Tamika Y. N. Royal-Thomas, Ingrid A. Tennant, Deanne P. Soares, Christopher D. Byrne, Terrence E. Forrester, Peter D. Gluckman, Michael S. Boyne   +7 more
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Time to recovery from severe acute malnutrition and its predictors among children aged 6-59 months at Asosa general hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. A retrospective follow up study.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundSevere Acute Malnutrition (SAM) has become a major public health challenge in developing countries including Ethiopia, especially among the underprivileged population.
Fassikaw Kebede Bizuneh, Tadesse Tolossa, Nemera Eticha Bekonjo, Bizuneh Wakuma   +3 more
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