Day-care management of children with severe malnutrition in an urban health clinic in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-178

  Ashraf, H ^a   Ahmed, T ^a   Hossain, M I ^a   Alam, N H ^a   Mahmud, R ^a   Kamal, S M ^b   Salam, M A ^a   Fuchs, G J ^c  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b Radda MCH FP Centre   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Day care management; Severe malnutrition

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FOLIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENATE CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL PALMITATE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BANGLADESH; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34447634743     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm005     Document Type: Article

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