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Predictors of oedema among children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in Jimma University Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Severe acute malnutrition has two main clinical manifestations, i.e., oedematous and non-oedematous. However, factors associated with oedema are not well established. METHODS: Children 0.5-14 years of age with SAM (MUAC < 11.0 cm or weight-for-height < 70 % of median and/or nutriti...

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Autores principales: Girma, Tsinuel, Kæstel, Pernille, Mølgaard, Christian, Michaelsen, Kim F, Hother, Anne-Louise, Friis, Henrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24314329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-204