Comparison of home-based therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food with standard therapy in the treatment of malnourished Malawian children: A controlled, clinical effectiveness trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 864-870

  Ciliberto, Michael A ^a   Sandige, Heidi ^a   Ndekha, MacDonald J ^b   Ashorn, Per ^d   Briend, André ^c   Ciliberto, Heather M ^a   Manary, Mark J ^a,b,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Home based therapy; Kwashiorkor; Malawi; Malnutrition; Protein energy malnutrition; Ready to use therapeutic food; RUTF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KWASHIORKOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASTING SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MALAWI; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17844388592     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.4.864     Document Type: Article

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