Inpatient management of severe malnutrition: Time for a change in protocol and practice

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-107

  Brewster, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; LACTOSE; MAGNESIUM; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; POTASSIUM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RETINOL; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SUCROSE; ZINC;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MILK; NURSING CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REFEEDING SYNDROME; REHABILITATION CARE; REHYDRATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIET; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALNUTRITION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79956258467     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532811X12925735813887     Document Type: Review

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