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Diarrhoea complicating severe acute malnutrition in Kenyan children: a prospective descriptive study of risk factors and outcome.

Authors
  • Talbert, Alison1
  • Thuo, Nahashon
  • Karisa, Japhet
  • Chesaro, Charles
  • Ohuma, Eric
  • Ignas, James
  • Berkley, James A
  • Toromo, Christopher
  • Atkinson, Sarah
  • Maitland, Kathryn
  • 1 Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya. , (Kenya)
Type
Published Article
Journal
PLoS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Volume
7
Issue
6
Identifiers
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038321
PMID: 22675542
Source
Medline
License
Unknown

Abstract

Children with SAM complicated by diarrhoea had a higher risk of death than those who did not have diarrhoea during their hospital stay. Further operational and clinical research is needed to reduce mortality in children with SAM in the given setting.

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