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Risk factors for postdischarge mortality following hospitalization for severe acute malnutrition in Zimbabwe and Zambia

Author(s) -

Mutsa BwakuraDangarembizi,

Cherlynn Dumbura,

Beatrice Amadi,

Deophine Ngosa,

Florence D. Majo,

Kusum Nathoo,

Simutanyi Mwakamui,

Kuda Mutasa,

Bernard Chasekwa,

Robert Ntozini,

Paul Kelly,

Andrew J. Prendergast

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

american journal of clinical nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1938-3207

pISSN - 0002-9165

DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa346

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , severe acute malnutrition , malnutrition , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , mortality rate , pediatrics , cohort study , risk of mortality , antiretroviral therapy , cohort , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , confidence interval , viral load , immunology

Children discharged from hospital following management of complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a high risk of mortality, especially HIV-positive children. Few studies have examined mortality in the antiretroviral therapy (ART) era.

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