Pericardial effusions in children with severe protein energy malnutrition resolve with therapeutic feeding: A prospective cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1033-1036

  Ahmad, Shafique ^a,b   Ellis, J ^a   Nesbitt, A ^a   Molyneux, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MALAWI; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57149117876     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.136747     Document Type: Article

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