Treatment outcomes and factors affecting time-to-recovery from severe acute malnutrition in 6–59 months old children admitted to a stabilization center in Southern Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study

Treatment outcomes and factors affecting time-to-recovery from severe acute malnutrition in 6–59 months old children admitted to a stabilization center in Southern Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background Despite improving access to Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) management, information on the quality of the service, as measured by timely recovery, is scare. This study is designed to assess treatment outcomes and factors affecting time-to-recovery from SAM in children 6–59 months...

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Main Authors: Anteneh Fikrie, Akalewold Alemayehu, Samson Gebremedhin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Subjects:
Complicated SAM
Survival status
Recovery time
Predictors
Ethiopia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13052-019-0642-x

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