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A reduced carbohydrate and lactose-free formulation for stabilization among hospitalized children with severe acute malnutrition: a double blind, randomized controlled trial
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Background Children with medically complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have high risk of inpatient mortality. Diarrhea, carbohydrate malabsorption, and refeeding syndrome may contribute to early mortality and delayed recovery. We tested the hypothesis that a lactose-free, low-carbohydrate F75 milk would serve to limit these risks, thereby reducing the number of days in the stabilization phase. Methods and findings In a multicenter double-blind trial,... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 2
- Article number:
- e1002747
- Publication date:
- 2019-02-26
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-01-18
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- EISSN:
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1549-1676
- ISSN:
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1549-1277
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pubs:969808
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- pubs:969808
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- Deposit date:
- 2019-02-09
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- Copyright holder:
- Bandsma et al
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- © 2019 Bandsma et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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