Omitting edema measurement: How much acute malnutrition are we missing?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1176-1181

  Frison, Severine ^a   Checchi, Francesco ^a   Kerac, Marko ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute malnutrition; Edematous malnutrition; Kwashiorkor; Mid upper arm circumference; Nutrition surveillance; Wasting; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MIDUPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SELECTION BIAS; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION;

CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EDEMA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84946064025     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.108282     Document Type: Article

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