Lay-screeners and Use of WHO Growth Standards Increase Case Finding of Hospitalized Malawian Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition

Conclusions: Ward-based lay-screeners and WHO guidelines identified high-risk children with SAM missed by standard NRU referral. MUAC and edema detected the majority of NRU-eligible children.

Source: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics - January 27, 2015 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: LaCourse, S. M., Chester, F. M., Preidis, G., McCrary, L. M., Maliwichi, M., McCollum, E. D., Hosseinipour, M. C. Tags: Original Papers Source Type: research