Performance of WHO mid-upper arm circumference cut-off to diagnose severe acute malnutrition in under-fives

• প্রধান লেখক: Fahreza Aditya Neldy (Author), Klara Yuliarti (Author), Murti Andriastuti (Author)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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Background Many studies indicate that the current WHO recommendation of cut-off value mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) is not sensitive to detect severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in under-fives cases. Various new cut-off values have been proposed with better diagnostic values but have a wide interv...