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Risk factors for inpatient mortality among children with severe acute malnutrition in Zimbabwe and Zambia

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Malnutrition underlies 45% of deaths in children under-5 years annually. Children hospitalised with complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have unacceptably high mortality. We aimed to identify variables from early hospital admission (baseline factors) independently assoc...

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Autores principales: Sturgeon, Jonathan P., Mufukari, Wadzanai, Tome, Joice, Dumbura, Cherlynn, Majo, Florence D., Ngosa, Deophine, Chandwe, Kanta, Kapoma, Chanda, Mutasa, Kuda, Nathoo, Kusum J., Bourke, Claire D., Ntozini, Robert, Bwakura-Dangarembizi, Mutsa, Amadi, Beatrice, Kelly, Paul, Prendergast, Andrew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10473959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37553508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41430-023-01320-9