Follow-up of post-discharge growth and mortality after treatment for severe acute malnutrition (FuSAM study): A prospective cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Kerac, Marko ^a,b,c   Bunn, James ^b,d   Chagaluka, George ^b   Bahwere, Paluku ^a,e   Tomkins, Andrew ^c   Collins, Steve ^a   Seal, Andrew ^c  

^a VALID INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KWASHIORKOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SURVIVOR; WASTING SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SIBLING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902439199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096030     Document Type: Article

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