Diarrhea is a major killer of children with severe acute malnutrition admitted to inpatient set-up in Lusaka, Zambia

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Irena, Abel H ^a   Mwambazi, Mwate ^b   Mulenga, Veronica ^b  

^a VALID INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

diarrhea; HIV AIDS; inpatient; Severe Acute Malnutrition; Zambia

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZAMBIA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; STATISTICS;

CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 80053620967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-110     Document Type: Article

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