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Tuberculosis caseload in children with severe acute malnutrition related with high hospital based mortality in Lusaka, Zambia

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Background Tuberculosis and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children pose a major treatment and care challenge in high HIV burden countries in Africa.
Tendai Munthali, Chishala Chabala, Elson Chama, Raider Mugode, Nathan Kapata, Patrick Musonda, Charles Michelo   +6 more
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Distance From Treatment Is Associated With Poorer Admission Status and Worse Outcomes Among Acutely Malnourished Children

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Distance from health facilities is an important predictor of treatment seeking and health outcomes. We aimed to describe the relationship between distance from care with admission characteristics and treatment outcomes among children admitted to malnutrition treatment.
Suvi T. Kangas, Abel Khisa, Zachary Tausanovitch, Bareye Ouologuem, Issa Niamanto Coulibaly, Koniba Diassana, Alhousseyni Haidara, Grace Heymsfield, Christian Ritz, André Briend, Jeanette Bailey   +10 more
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Comparison of the proportions of children with Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) obtained from modern randomly selected community surveys and from the historical cohorts analyzed in the present study.

, 2019
Comparison of the proportions of children with Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) obtained from modern randomly selected community surveys and from the historical cohorts analyzed in the present study.
Emmanuel Grellety (307957), Catherine Schwinger (7140134), Benjamin Guesdon (796695), Dominique Roberfroid (135143), Michael H. Golden (3606035)   +4 more
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Malaria and nutritional status among children with severe acute malnutrition in Niger: a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2018
The relationship between malaria infection and nutritional status is complex and previous studies suggest malaria may increase the incidence and severity of malnutrition while malnutrition may increase the risk of malaria infection.
Oldenburg, CE, Fatou Berthé, Philippe J Guerin, Isanaka, S, Sheila Isanaka, Berthé, F, Grais, RF, Catherine E Oldenburg, Rebecca F Grais, Guerin, PJ   +9 more
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Edematous severe acute malnutrition is characterized by hypomethylation of DNA

Nature Communications, 2019
The edematous form of severe acute childhood malnutrition (ESAM) presents with more severe multi-organ dysfunction than non-edematous SAM (NESAM). Here the authors assess genome-wide DNA methylation in buccal cells of SAM children and find that ESAM is ...
Katharina V. Schulze, Shanker Swaminathan, Sharon Howell, Aarti Jajoo, Natasha C. Lie, Orgen Brown, Roa Sadat, Nancy Hall, Liang Zhao, Kwesi Marshall, Thaddaeus May, Marvin E. Reid, Carolyn Taylor-Bryan, Xueqing Wang, John W. Belmont, Yongtao Guan, Mark J. Manary, Indi Trehan, Colin A. McKenzie, Neil A. Hanchard   +19 more
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The Use of Home Fortification Products in Humanitarian Settings: A Scoping Review

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Home fortification products (HFPs), including multiple micronutrient powders and small‐quantity lipid‐based nutrient supplements, are specialized, nutrient‐filled products added to foods with the aim of filling critical nutrient gaps. Despite their potential, there is limited documentation of the use of HFPs in humanitarian settings.
Jacqueline M. Lauer, Alexandra DeShaw, Isabelle Ward, Davidson H. Hamer, Lindsey M. Locks   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Should India Use Commercially Produced Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)

Social Medicine, 2009
Globally, nearly 20 million children under five suffer from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), a condition which contributes to one million child deaths annually. In India 48% of children under five years of age are stunted and 43 percent are underweight; almost 8 million suffer from SAM. Malnutrition is not a new problem in India, nor is SAM.
Vandana Prasad, Radha Holla, Arun Gupta
openaire   +2 more sources

Sleep Health in Bulimia Nervosa: A Systematic Review

European Eating Disorders Review, Volume 34, Issue 6, Page 1528-1546, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective Research on sleep in bulimia nervosa (BN) is methodologically varied and yields inconsistent findings. This review synthesised BN‐sleep studies and examined whether comorbid mood disorders contribute to sleep disturbance. Method PsycINFO, Medline (Ovid), and Scopus were searched for English or French quantitative studies comparing ...
Samantha Kenny, Malka Hershon, Linda Booij, Rebecca Burdayron, Marie‐Hélène Pennestri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serum Zinc, Copper, Magnesium & Phosphorus Level in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM).

Mymensingh medical journal : MMJ, 2018
Malnutrition is widely prevalent among hospitalized children in most developing countries including Bangladesh. Though malnutrition accounts for the high rate of under 5 mortality sometimes it is overlooked. Keeping in this in mind A comparative cross sectional study was done in Mymensingh Medical College Hospital from 1st October 2009 to 31st May 2011.
B, Chowdhury, M A, Hoque, M A, Hossain, A M, Chowdhury, M N, Islam, M A, Khaleque, M A, Ali, M R, Khan, R K, Bhuiyan, M M, Hasan, M, Akhtaruzzaman, H, Akhter   +11 more
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Can community health workers manage uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition? A review of operational experiences in delivering severe acute malnutrition treatment through community health platforms

, 2018
Community health workers (CHWs) play an important role in the detection and referral of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in many countries.
Charle-Cuéllar, Pilar, Vargas, Antonio, Guerrero, Saul, López Ejeda, Noemí   +3 more
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