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Exploring the potential role of breast-feeding in the recovery of acute malnutrition among infants aged below 6 months
- Abstract:
- Globally, 4.7 million infants under 6 months (U6M) suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Recent data suggests that survival of these infants during and after admission is very poor. In a clinical trial, mortality among SAM infants u6m followed up for 1 year after discharge from treatment was 31 per 100 child years and weight gain was poor. Re-establishing exclusive breastfeeding is the main thrust of the WHO updated treatment guidelines, however no studies have tested if successful re-establishing exclusive breastfeeding during inpatient treatment would result in maintained exclusive breastfeeding after discharge and result in nutritional recovery (catch-up growth) and survival.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 184.4KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1159/000480486
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- Publisher:
- Karger
- Host title:
- 21st International Congress on Nutrition (ICN 2017)
- Journal:
- 21st International Congress on Nutrition (ICN 2017) More from this journal
- Publication date:
- 2017-10-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-08-06
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pubs:812742
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812742
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2018-09-10
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- S Karger AG
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © Copyright 2017 by S. Karger AG. All rights reserved. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Karger at: https://doi.org/10.1159/000480486
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