Diagnostic performance of visible severe wasting for identifying severe acute malnutrition in children admitted to hospital in Kenya

• 主要な著者: Polycarp Mogeni (著者), Hemed Twahir (著者), Victor Bandika (著者), Laura Mwalekwa (著者), Johnstone Thitiri (著者), Moses Ngari (著者), Christopher Toromo (著者), Kathryn Maitland (著者), James A Berkley (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: The World Health Organization.
• 主題: article
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the diagnostic value of visible severe wasting in identifying severe acute malnutrition at two public hospitals in Kenya. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of children aged 6 to 59.9 months admitted to one rural and one urban hospital. On admission, mid-upper arm circ...