Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Severe acute malnutrition"

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Associations of admission- and transfer criteria with clinical outcomes of children (24 — 59 months) treated for severe acute malnutrition in Ghanaian referral hospitals — the SAMAC study

Nel, C. (North-West University, 2019)

Introduction: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects more than 50 million children worldwide of which more than a quarter resides in Africa. A patient presenting with indices of SAM who experiences medical complications ...
Associations of admission- and transfer criteria with clinical outcomes of infants (6 - 23 months) treated for severe acute malnutrition in Ghanaian referral hospitals - the SAMAC Study

Asare, H. (North-West University, 2019)

INTRODUCTION: Worldwide, severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality, contributing to more than half of deaths in children under-five years. Inasmuch as the World Health Organization ...
Transition phase feeding in infants and children (6–59 months) treated for severe acute malnutrition in Ghanaian referral hospitals : the SAMAC study

Chatenga, Humphrey (North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)

Introduction: Childhood wasting is a major public health problem owing to its associated risk for death from infectious diseases such as diarrhoea, pneumonia, and measles. Severe acute malnutrition (SAM), a severe form of ...