Severe Acute Malnutrition
"Severe Acute Malnutrition" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Acute form of MALNUTRITION which usually affects children, characterized by a very low weight for height (below -3z scores of the median World Health Organization standards), visible severe wasting, or occurrence of nutritional EDEMA. It can be a direct or indirect cause of fatality in children suffering from DIARRHEA and PNEUMONIA. Do not confuse with starvation, a condition in which the body is not getting enough food, usually for extended periods of time.
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D000067011
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.719
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Severe Acute Malnutrition" by people in Profiles.
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Nutritional Recovery of Children With HIV and Severe Acute Malnutrition Attending an Outpatient Therapeutic Care Program. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 09 01; 94(1):66-72.
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Supplementary Feeding of Moderately Wasted Children in Sierra Leone Reduces Severe Acute Malnutrition and Death When Compared with Nutrition Counseling: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Nutr. 2022 04; 152(4):1149-1158.
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An Alternative Oat-Containing, Ready-To-Use, Therapeutic Food Does Not Alter Intestinal Permeability or the 16S Ribosomal RNA Fecal Microbiome Configuration Among Children With Severe Malnutrition in Sierra Leone: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nutr. 2023 01 14; 152(12):2744-2753.
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Low linoleic acid foods with added DHA given to Malawian children with severe acute malnutrition improve cognition: a randomized, triple-blinded, controlled clinical trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 05 01; 115(5):1322-1333.
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Supplementary Feeding of Moderately Wasted Children in Sierra Leone Reduces Severe Acute Malnutrition and Death When Compared with Nutrition Counseling: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Nutr. 2022 04 01; 152(4):1149-1158.
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Community-based management of acute malnutrition for infants under 6 months of age is safe and effective: analysis of operational data. Public Health Nutr. 2023 01; 26(1):246-255.
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Improving recognition and management of children with complicated severe acute malnutrition at a tertiary referral hospital in Malawi: a quality improvement initiative. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2021 Aug; 41(3):177-187.
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A simplified, combined protocol versus standard treatment for acute malnutrition in children 6-59 months (ComPAS trial): A cluster-randomized controlled non-inferiority trial in Kenya and South Sudan. PLoS Med. 2020 07; 17(7):e1003192.
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Acute malnutrition recovery energy requirements based on mid-upper arm circumference: Secondary analysis of feeding program data from 5 countries, Combined Protocol for Acute Malnutrition Study (ComPAS) Stage 1. PLoS One. 2020; 15(6):e0230452.
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Risk factors for mortality and management of children with complicated severe acute malnutrition at a tertiary referral hospital in Malawi. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2020 08; 40(3):148-157.