Monitoring and discharging children being treated for severe acute malnutrition using mid-upper arm circumference: secondary data analysis from rural Gambia

BACKGROUND: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major public health problem. Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) is widely used to admit children to treatment programmes. However, insufficient data supporting MUAC discharge criterion limits its use as a stand-alone tool. Our aim was to evaluate MUAC...

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Autores principales: Burrell, Alice, Kerac, Marko, Nabwera, Helen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Original Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5881269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28810666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihx022

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5881269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28810666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihx022

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