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Treatment cure rate and its predictors among children with severe acute malnutrition in northwest Ethiopia: A retrospective record review.

Fasil Wagnew ShiferawGetiye DejenuSetegn EshetieAnimut AlebelWubet WorkuAmanuel Alemu Abajobir
Published in: PloS one (2019)
The cure rate in SAM children was low relative to sphere standard guideline. Prognosis of SAM largely depends on the presence of other comorbidities at admission. Available intervention modalities need to address coexisting morbidities to achieve better outcomes in SAM children.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • emergency department
  • randomized controlled trial
  • metabolic syndrome
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle
  • insulin resistance
  • replacement therapy
  • combination therapy
  • smoking cessation