Social, dietary and clinical correlates of oedema in children with severe acute malnutrition: A cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Rytter, Maren Johanne Heilskov ^a,c   Namusoke, Hanifa ^b   Babirekere Iriso, Esther ^b,c   Kæstel, Pernille ^c   Girma, Tsinuel ^c,d   Christensen, Vibeke Brix ^a   Michaelsen, Kim F ^c   Friis, Henrik ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Breastfeeding; Diet; Infection; Kwashiorkor; Malnutrition; Marasmus; Maternal deprivation; Oedema

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OROSOMUCOID;

APPETITE; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHERMIA; KWASHIORKOR; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SOCIAL ASPECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; INFANT; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84925970215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0341-8     Document Type: Article

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