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Guideline: Updates on the Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Infants and Children. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2013.

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Abbreviations

CI

confidence interval

eLENA

electronic Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions

FEAST

Fluid Expansion as Supportive Therapy (trial)

GRADE

Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation

Hb

haemoglobin

IM

intramuscular

IMCI

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

IV

intravenous

MDG

Millennium Development Goal

NCHS

National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

PICO

patient/population, intervention, control, outcomes

SD

standard deviation

TB

tuberculosis

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

WHO

World Health Organization

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