Using Mid-Upper Arm Circumference to End Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition Leads to Higher Weight Gains in the Most Malnourished Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Dale, Nancy M ^a,b   Myatt, Mark ^c   Prudhon, Claudine ^d   Briend, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c Brixton Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Health and Nutrition Tracking Service   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SUDAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84873904351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055404     Document Type: Article

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