Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)
Survival status and predictors of mortality among children with severe acute malnutrition admitted to general hospitals of Tigray, North Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study
... of acute malnutri- tion; EDHS: Ethiopia Demographic Health Survey; HIV: human immunode- ficiency virus; MUAC : mid upper arm circumference; NCHS: National Center for Health Statistics; ReSoMaL: recommended ...
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Severe acute malnutrition: what is lacking in office practice
... Background: Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is the most concerned health problem in the developing countries. It is both a medical and social problem as it affects both the physical and psychological ...
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Aflatoxin exposure in Nigerian children with severe acute malnutrition
... The demographics of the patient population are described in detail elsewhere (McMillan et al., 2017). Briefly, 58 children ranging from 6-48 months of age were recruited for this study. All were weaned at the time of ...
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Prevalence of hypoglycemia in diarrheal dehydration at hospitalization in severe acute malnutrition
... Total 150 children enrolled in study of which 100 were of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and 50 were well nourished. A structured questionnaire was administered to the caregivers of each patient. ...
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STUDY OF GRWOTH HORMONE AND CORTISOL IN SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION
... Development of local therapeutic nutritional intervention for malnourished children is recommended by WHO. Present study was designed to assess the efficacy of the study nutritional intervention in terms of hormone ...
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Evaluation of the Quality of Hospital Based Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children under 5 in Benin
... of severe acute malnutrition in the Mono Departmental Hospital Center (CHD) in ...of severe acute malnutrition was based on national and international standards like Benin’s ...
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Major determinants of severe acute malnutrition in under five children in jimma town of south west ethiopia
... for severe acute malnutrition and these include rural residence, literacy status of mother/caretaker, family size, family income, vaccination status of child, timing of start of supplementary diet ...
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Locally prepared ready to use therapeutic food for the treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition: a randomized controlled trial
... Background: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remains as one of the major killers of children under five years of age. As per WHO are guidelines, dietary management plays a big role in the longer ...
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Health Outcomes, Pathogenesis and Epidemiology of Severe Acute Malnutrition (HOPE-SAM): rationale and methods of a longitudinal observational study
... complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remains high despite the implementation of WHO guidelines, particularly in settings of high HIV ...of Severe Acute Malnutrition ...
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Improving estimates of the burden of severe acute malnutrition and predictions of caseload for programs treating severe acute malnutrition: experiences from Nigeria
... of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is estimated using unadjusted prevalence ...an acute condition and many children with SAM will either recover or die within a few ...
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Mortality and morbidity patterns in under-five children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Zambia: a five-year retrospective review of hospital-based records (2009–2013)
... from acute malnu- trition are found in Sub Saharan Africa (13 million, ...have severe malnutrition, 16% are under- weight and 45% are stunted and it has been suggested that this accounts for up to ...
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Thymus size and its changes during treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition
... Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is associated with 1 million to 2 million childhood mortality every ...with malnutrition may be one reason for the high mortality in children with severe ...
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Nutritional recovery in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children with severe acute malnutrition
... Results: In our sample of 454 children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), 17.4% (n = 79) of children were HIV infected. None of the children were on antiretroviral therapy upon admission. Among ...
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Risk factors for severe acute malnutrition in under-five children attending nutritional rehabilitation centre of tertiary teaching hospital in Karnataka: a case control study
... of severe acute malnutrition were large family size, low income, more number of siblings and living standards like type of house, open air defecation ...childhood malnutrition due emphasis ...
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Prevalence of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 6 -60 Months Admitted at Mother of Christ Specialist Hospital Ogui, Enugu, Nigeria
... of severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6 - 60 months in mother of Christ hospital Ogui Enugu was ...with severe acute malnutrition, to determine the risk factors for ...
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Time to cure and predictors of recovery among children aged 6-59 months with severe acute malnutrition admitted in Jimma university medical center, Southwest Ethiopia
... of severe acute malnutrition using the WHO protocol ranged from ...on severe acute malnutrition showed a recovery rate of ...
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Effectiveness of three commonly used transition phase diets in the inpatient management of children with severe acute malnutrition: a pilot randomized controlled trial in Malawi
... We did not find a significant effect of different transi- tion phase diets on hospital stay. However, the presence of HIV infection may increase the duration of hospital stay. HIV infected malnourished children have a ...
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Recovery rate and determinants of severe acute malnutrition children treatment in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... In developing countries, 2% of children suffer from severe acute malnutrition [6]. In India, 2.8% of children under five are severely wasted [7]. The United Nations Children’s Fund estimated sixty ...
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VITAMIN D LEVELS AMONG CHILDREN WITH SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION
... with malnutrition may have co-existing vitamin D deficiency (VDD), which may be ...with severe acute ...with severe acute malnutrition of age between 6 months to 60 ...
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Prevalence of Tuberculosis among Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition at Ola during Children’s Hospital in Freetown Sierra Leone
... with malnutrition and it accounts for ...[6]. Malnutrition and poor infection control have blossomed in an environment of poverty, overcrowding, food insecurity, human immunodeficiency Virus ...[7]. ...
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