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

• Main Authors: Polycarp Mogeni (Author), Hemed Twahir (Author), Victor Bandika (Author), Laura Mwalekwa (Author), Johnstone Thitiri (Author), Moses Ngari (Author), Christopher Toromo (Author), Kathryn Maitland (Author), James A Berkley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: 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...