Intestinal disturbances associated with mortality of children with complicated severe malnutrition

Abstract Background Children admitted to hospital with complicated severe malnutrition (CSM) have high mortality despite compliance with standard WHO management guidelines. Limited data suggests a relationship between intestinal dysfunction and poor prognosis in CSM, but this has not been explicitly...

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Main Authors: Bijun Wen, Amber Farooqui, Celine Bourdon, Nawar Tarafdar, Moses Ngari, Emmanuel Chimwezi, Johnstone Thitiri, Laura Mwalekwa, Judd L. Walson, Wieger Voskuijl, James A. Berkley, Robert H. J. Bandsma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Communications Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-023-00355-0