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Acute form of MALNUTRITION which usually affects children, characterized by a very low weight for height (below -3z scores of the median World Health Organization standards), visible severe wasting, or occurrence of nutritional EDEMA. It can be a direct or indirect cause of fatality in children suffering from DIARRHEA and PNEUMONIA. Do not confuse with starvation, a condition in which the body is not getting enough food, usually for extended periods of time.
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- Acute Malnutrition, Severe
- Malnutrition, Severe Acute
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2016
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- Nutrition Disorders (1980-2014)
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- National Library of Medicine. Severe Acute Malnutrition. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000067011. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000067011
- Severe Acute Malnutrition. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54972217