Optimal screening of children with acute malnutrition requires a change in current WHO guidelines as MUAC and WHZ identify different patient groups

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Laillou, Arnaud ^a   Prak, Sophonneary ^b   De Groot, Richard ^c   Whitney, Sophie ^d   Conkle, Joel ^a   Horton, Lindsey ^e   Un, Sam Oeurn ^a   Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine A ^f   Wieringa, Frank T ^g  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b National Maternal and Child Health Center   (Cambodia)

^c Independent Consultant   (Cambodia)

^d United Nations World Food Programme   (Cambodia)

^e World Food Programme   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT TO HEIGHT Z SCORE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84903690533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101159     Document Type: Article

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