Severe Acute Malnutrition
"Severe Acute Malnutrition" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Acute form of MALNUTRITION which usually affects children, characterized by a very low weight for height (below -3z scores of the median World Health Organization standards), visible severe wasting, or occurrence of nutritional EDEMA. It can be a direct or indirect cause of fatality in children suffering from DIARRHEA and PNEUMONIA. Do not confuse with starvation, a condition in which the body is not getting enough food, usually for extended periods of time.
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D000067011
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.719
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| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Severe Acute Malnutrition" by people in Profiles.
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Saleem J, Zakar R, Iqbal S, Arshad M, Shahzad R, Batool M, Nawaz M, Butt MS, Fischer F. Effects of prebiotics on microbial diversity and abundance in young children with acute malnutrition: study protocol for a multi-centered, double-blinded randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2024 Nov 26; 25(1):798.
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Saleem J, Zakar R, Butt MS, Aadil RM, Ali Z, Bukhari GMJ, Ishaq M, Fischer F. Application of the Boruta algorithm to assess the multidimensional determinants of malnutrition among children under five years living in southern Punjab, Pakistan. BMC Public Health. 2024 01 12; 24(1):167.
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Saleem J, Zakar R, Bukhari GMJ, Naz M, Mushtaq F, Fischer F. Effectiveness of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food in Improving the Developmental Potential and Weight of Children Aged under Five with Severe Acute Malnourishment in Pakistan: A Pretest-Posttest Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 08 27; 18(17).
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Saleem J, Zakar R, Mushtaq F, Bukhari GMJ, Fischer F. Comparative analysis of developmental profile between normal and severe acute malnourished under-five children in Pakistan: a multicentre cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2021 08 13; 11(8):e048644.
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Saleem J, Zakar R, Bukhari GMJ, Fatima A, Fischer F. Developmental delay and its predictors among children under five years of age with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: a cross-sectional study in rural Pakistan. BMC Public Health. 2021 07 15; 21(1):1397.
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Shahrin L, Chisti MJ, Brintz B, Islam Z, Shahid ASMSB, Hassan MZ, Leung DT, Chowdhury F. Clinical and laboratory predictors of 30-day mortality in severe acute malnourished children with severe pneumonia. Trop Med Int Health. 2020 11; 25(11):1422-1430.