Title:	Predicted implications of using percentage weight gain as single discharge criterion in management of acute malnutrition in rural southern Ethiopia
Author:	Emmanuel Paul Viktor Forsen
Institution:	Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Berlin
Graduate date:	2014-04-07 (W3C-DTF)
Document:	TropEd abstract Emmanuel Forsén.pdf TropEd abstract Emmanuel .pdf
Description: Community--‐based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM)uses mid--‐upper arm circumference (MUAC) to screen and admit children with non--‐edematous acute malnutrition. A weight gain increase of 15% is recommended as discharge criterion, intended to secure sufficient weight gain. This study examined how use of percentage weight gain as discharge criterion would affect the nutritional status of children admitted into a community--‐based management programme for acute malnutrition in rural southern Ethiopia.
Classification:	2013 (LCSH)
Language:	English
Date Of Record Creation:	2014-08-25 07:35:07 (W3C-DTF)
Date Of Record Release:	2014-08-25 12:37:04 (W3C-DTF)
Date Last Modified:	2014-08-25 12:44:09 (W3C-DTF)