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Severe Acute Malnutrition

Known as: Acute Malnutrition, Severe, Malnutrition, Severe Acute, Severe Acute Malnutrition [Disease/Finding] 
Acute form of MALNUTRITION which usually affects children, characterized by a very low weight for height (below -3z scores of the median World Health… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2018
Review
2018
Relapse after severe acute malnutrition: A systematic literature review and secondary data analysis
Abstract The objectives of most treatment programs for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children focus on initial recovery only… 
Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Cereals and pulse-based ready-to-use therapeutic food as an alternative to the standard milk- and peanut paste-based formulation for treating severe acute malnutrition: a noninferiority, individually…
BACKGROUND The cost of current standard ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) is among the major obstacles to scaling up community… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Follow-Up of Post-Discharge Growth and Mortality after Treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (FuSAM Study): A Prospective Cohort Study
Background Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) plays a vital role in achieving global child survival targets. Effective… 
Review
2014
Review
2014
Severe Acute Malnutrition in Asia
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a common condition that kills children and intellectually maims those who survive. Close to 20… 
Review
2014
Review
2014
Childhood Malnutrition: Toward an Understanding of Infections, Inflammation, and Antimicrobials
Background Undernutrition in childhood is estimated to cause 3.1 million child deaths annually through a potentiating effect on… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Cost-effectiveness of the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition by community health workers in southern Bangladesh.
This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of adding the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (CMAM) to a… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Outpatient Therapeutic Feeding Program Outcomes and Determinants in Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Background Outpatient Therapeutic feeding Program (OTP) brings the services for management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Diarrhoea Complicating Severe Acute Malnutrition in Kenyan Children: A Prospective Descriptive Study of Risk Factors and Outcome
Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) accounts for two million deaths worldwide annually. In those hospitalised with SAM… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Diarrhea is a Major killer of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition Admitted to Inpatient Set-up in Lusaka, Zambia
IntroductionMortality of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in inpatient set-ups in sub-Saharan Africa still remains… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Treating severe acute malnutrition seriously
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects approximately 13 million children under the age of 5 and is associated with 1–2 million… 
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