Assessment of Severe Malnutrition Among Hospitalized Children in Rural Kenya | Zendy

James A. Berkley | Zendy; Isaiah Mwangi | Zendy; Karen Griffiths | Zendy; Ismaïl Ahmed | Zendy; Sadik Mithwani | Zendy; Mike English | Zendy; Charles R. Newton | Zendy; Kathryn Maitland | Zendy

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Assessment of Severe Malnutrition Among Hospitalized Children in Rural Kenya

Author(s) -

James A. Berkley,

Isaiah Mwangi,

Karen Griffiths,

Ismaïl Ahmed,

Sadik Mithwani,

Mike English,

Charles R. Newton,

Kathryn Maitland

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.294.5.591

Subject(s) - medicine , wasting , malnutrition , confidence interval , severe acute malnutrition , pediatrics , cohort , malnutrition in children , cohort study

Severe malnutrition has a high mortality rate among hospitalized children in sub-Saharan Africa. However, reports suggest that malnutrition is often poorly assessed. The World Health Organization recommends using weight for height, but this method is problematic and often not undertaken in practice. Mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and the clinical sign "visible severe wasting" are simple and inexpensive methods but have not been evaluated in this setting.

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