Predicted implications of using percentage weight gain as single discharge criterion in management of acute malnutrition in rural southern Ethiopia

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 962-972

  Forsén, Emmanuel ^a,b   Tadesse, Elazar ^b,c   Berhane, Yemane ^c   Ekström, Eva Charlotte ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Community based management of acute malnutrition; Discharge criteria; Mid upper arm circumference; Percentage weight gain; Severe acute malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT Z SCORE; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942553837     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12076     Document Type: Article

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