Optimising the dosage of ready-to-use therapeutic food in children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a non-inferiority, randomised controlled trialResearch in context

Optimising the dosage of ready-to-use therapeutic food in children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a non-inferiority, randomised controlled trialResearch in context

Summary: Background: Current standard management of severe acute malnutrition uses ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) at a single weight-based calculation resulting in an increasing amount of RUTF provided to the family as the child's weight increases during recovery. Using RUTF at a gradual...

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Main Authors: Cécile Cazes, Kevin Phelan, Victoire Hubert, Harouna Boubacar, Liévin Izie Bozama, Gilbert Tshibangu Sakubu, Bruno Bindamba Senge, Norbert Baya, Rodrigue Alitanou, Antoine Kouamé, Cyrille Yao, Delphine Gabillard, Maguy Daures, Augustin Augier, Xavier Anglaret, Moumouni Kinda, Susan Shepherd, Renaud Becquet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Subjects:
Severe acute malnutrition
Children
Ready-to-use therapeutic food
Africa
Randomized clinical trial
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258953702300055X

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