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Severely malnourished children with a low weight-for-height have a higher mortality than those with a low mid-upper-arm-circumference: III. Effect of case-load on malnutrition related mortality– policy implications

BACKGROUND: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is diagnosed when the weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) is <−3Z of the WHO(2006) standards, or a mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) of < 115 mm or there is nutritional oedema. Although there has been a move to eliminate WHZ as a diagnostic criterion we...

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Pubblicato in:Nutr J
Autori principali: Grellety, Emmanuel, Golden, Michael H.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2018
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6138898/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30217201
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-018-0382-6
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