Predictors of inpatient mortality among children hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition underlies 45% of under-5 deaths globally. Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is the most serious form of undernutrition, characterized by wasting with or without edema. Mortality remains high (10%–40%) among children requiring hospitalization for complicated SAM. OBJECTIVES: We...

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Autores principales: Karunaratne, Radhini, Sturgeon, Jonathan P, Patel, Rajvi, Prendergast, Andrew J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Original Research Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7528552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32885807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa182

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7528552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32885807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa182

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