Are diagnostic criteria for acute malnutrition affected by hydration status in hospitalized children? A repeated measures study

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mwangome, Martha K ^a,b   Fegan, Gregory ^a,c   Prentice, Andrew M ^b,d   Berkley, James A ^a,c  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; anthropometry; children; dehydration; Malnutrition; MUAC; weight for length

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE Z SCORE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REHYDRATION; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT FOR LENGTH Z SCORE; WEIGHT GAIN; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FLUID THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; KWASHIORKOR; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBSERVER VARIATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; KWASHIORKOR; MALNUTRITION; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 80052658288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-92     Document Type: Article

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