Original paper
Monitoring and discharging children being treated for severe acute malnutrition using mid-upper arm circumference: secondary data analysis from rural Gambia
Abstract
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 for monitoring nutritional recovery and discharge. This was a secondary analysis of clinical data from children 6–59 months-old treated for SAM from January...
Paper Details
Title
Monitoring and discharging children being treated for severe acute malnutrition using mid-upper arm circumference: secondary data analysis from rural Gambia
Published Date
Jul 1, 2017
Journal
Volume
9
Issue
4
Pages
226 - 233
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