Relapse after severe acute malnutrition: A systematic literature review and secondary data analysis.

ABSTRACT: The objectives of most treatment programs for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children focus on initial recovery only, leaving post-discharge outcomes, such as relapse, poorly understood and undefined. This study aimed to systematically review current literature and conduct secondary data analyses of studies that captured relapse rates, up to 18-month post-discharge, in children following recovery from SAM treatment. The literature search (including PubMed and Google Scholar) built upon two recent reviews to identify a variety of up-to-date published studies and grey literature. This search yielded 26 articles and programme reports that provided information on relapse. The proportion of children who relapsed after SAM treatment varied greatly from 0% to 37% across varying lengths of tim

SUBMITTER: Stobaugh HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6587999 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature