Low mid-upper arm circumference identifies children with a high risk of death who should be the priority target for treatment

Background: <br>Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is currently defined by the WHO as either a low mid-upper arm circumference (i.e. MUAC <115 mm), a low weight-for-height z-score (i.e. WHZ <- 3), or bilateral pitting oedema. MUAC and WHZ do not always identify the same children as...

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Main Authors:	A Briend, JL Alvarez, N Avril, P Bahwere, J Bailey, JA Berkley, P Binns, N Blackwell, N Dale, H Deconinck, P Delchevalerie, N Dent, M Gallagher, S Guerrero, K Hanson, M Kerac, M Manary, MK Mwangome, M Myatt, KPQ Phelan, S Pietzsch, NS Ubach, S Shepherd, S Van Der Kam, A Vargas, S Whitney
Format:	Journal article
Language:	English
Published:	BioMed Central 2016

Low mid-upper arm circumference identifies children with a high risk of death who should be the priority target for treatment

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