Is mid-upper arm circumference alone sufficient for deciding admission to a nutritional programme for childhood severe acute malnutrition in Bangladesh?
Authors
Ali, EZachariah, R
Shams, Z
Vernaeve, L
Alders, P
Salio, F
Manzi, M
Allaouna, M
Draguez, B
Delchevalerie, P
Harries, A D
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Médecins Sans Frontières, Medical Department, Operational Research, Brussels, Belgium.Issue Date
2013-05
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Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) identify different populations of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) with only some degree of overlap. In an urban slum in Bangladesh, we conducted a prospective cohort study on children assessed as being severely malnourished by WHZ (<-3) but not by MUAC (>115 mm), to: 1. Assess their nutritional outcomes, and 2. Report on morbidity and mortality.Publisher
Oxford University PressPubMed ID
23471920Language
enISSN
1878-3503ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/trstmh/trt018
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