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Children with Severe Malnutrition: Can Those at Highest Risk of Death Be Identified with the WHO Protocol?
BACKGROUND: With strict adherence to international recommended treatment guidelines, the case fatality for severe malnutrition ought to be less than 5%. In African hospitals, fatality rates of 20% are common and are often attributed to poor training and faulty case management. Improving outcome will...
Autores principales: | Maitland, Kathryn, Berkley, James A, Shebbe, Mohammed, Peshu, Norbert, English, Michael, Newton, Charles R. J. C |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1716191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17194194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030500 |
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