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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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Mapping the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition in Papua, Indonesia by using geostatistical models

BMC Nutrition, 2022
Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is the most life-threatening form of malnutrition, and in 2019, approximately 14.3 million children under the age of 5 were considered to have SAM.
Paul Jasper, Warren C. Jochem, Emma Lambert-Porter, Umer Naeem, Chigozie Edson Utazi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are diagnostic criteria for acute malnutrition affected by hydration status in hospitalized children? A repeated measures study. [PDF]

, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Dehydration and malnutrition commonly occur together among ill children in developing countries. Dehydration (change in total body water) is known to alter weight.
Andrew M Prentice, Mwangome, MK, Prentice, AM, Mwangome, Martha K, Prentice Andrew M, Berkley James A, Fegan, G, Prentice, Andrew M, Berkley, James A, Mwangome Martha K, Fegan Gregory, Fegan, Gregory, Berkley, JA, Martha K Mwangome, Greg Fegan, James A Berkley, Gregory Fegan   +16 more
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Comparison of Therapeutic Feed (Different recipes) during Stabilization Phase for the management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)

Isra Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: To compare the feeding of sugar based F75, Cooked rice based F75 and Enhanced cooked rice based modified F75 during stabilization phase for the management of children with SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition) aged 6-60 months presented with diarrhea. Study Design: An open-label randomized controlled trial.
openaire   +1 more source

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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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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Clinical and Anthropometric Characteristics of Hospitalized Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition at Al Buluk Hospital, Sudan [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major pediatric health challenge in low-resource settings and a leading cause of hospitalization among children under five, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality.
Azhari A. Mohammed Nour
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers and facilitators of severe acute malnutrition management at Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia, descriptive phenomenological study.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundMalnutrition is a clinical condition that affects all age groups, and it remains a major public health threat in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a result, this research aimed to investigate the barriers and facilitators of treating severe acute ...
Daniel Alelign, Netsanet Fentahun, Zeamanuel Anteneh Yigzaw   +2 more
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Progress report on new epilepsy treatments: A summary of the Eighteenth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs and Devices (EILAT XVIII). II. Treatments in more advanced clinical development

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract This article summarizes data for 13 investigational treatments for which at least preliminary seizure outcome data in patients with epilepsy were reported at the Eighteenth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs and Devices held in Madrid, Spain, on May 3–6, 2026.
Meir Bialer, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark, Matthias J. Koepp, Emilio Perucca, Piero Perucca, Torbjörn Tomson, H. Steve White, Elaine Wirrell   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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