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Treatment of Severe Malnutrition in Children: Experience in Implementing the World Health Organization Guidelines in Turbo, Colombia

Carlos Bernal, Claudia Velásquez, Gloria Margarita Alcaraz, Jorge Botero

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition · 2008 · 63 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Once the World Health Organization guidelines were implemented, low mortality rates were achieved in children with severe acute malnutrition in class I hospitals.

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