Management of acute moderate and severe childhood malnutrition

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7680, 2008, Pages 1227-1230

  Manary, Mark J ^a   Sandige, Heidi L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; KWASHIORKOR; MACRONUTRIENT; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SHOCK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; EDEMA; FLUID THERAPY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57349123549     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2180     Document Type: Review

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