Monitoring and discharging children being treated for severe acute malnutrition using mid-upper arm circumference: Secondary data analysis from rural Gambia

International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 226-233

  Burrell, Alice ^a   Kerac, Marko ^a,b   Nabwera, Helen ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Disease Control and Elimination   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Discharge; Mid upper arm circumference; MUAC; SAM; Severe acute malnutrition; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUNTING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION;

EID: 85030419180     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihx022     Document Type: Article

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