Severe and moderate acutemalnutrition can be successfully managed with an integrated protocol in Sierra Leone

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2604-2609

  Maust, Amanda ^a   Koroma, Aminata S ^b   Abla, Caroline ^c   Molokwu, Nneka ^a   Ryan, Kelsey N ^a   Singh, Lauren ^a   Manary, Mark J ^a,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^c INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Malnutrition treatment; Moderate acute malnutrition; Ready to use therapeutic food; Severe acute malnutrition; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD; FORTIFIED BLENDED FLOUR; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDUPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; MODERATE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READY TO USE THERAPEUTIC FOOD; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SIERRA LEONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAST FOOD; FLOUR; FOLLOW UP; FORTIFIED FOOD; HOSPITALIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; SIERRA LEONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84949638251     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.214957     Document Type: Article

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