Comparison of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference and Weight-for-Height to Diagnose Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Study in Southern Ethiopia

Weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) are two independent anthropometric indicators for diagnosing and admitting children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) for treatment. While severely wasted children are at high risk of mortality, MUAC and WHZ do not always iden...

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Vydáno v:Nutrients
Hlavní autoři: Tadesse, Amare Worku, Tadesse, Elazar, Berhane, Yemane, Ekström, Eva-Charlotte
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: MDPI 2017
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On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5372930/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28287482
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9030267
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