Weight Gain in g/kg/day During Severe Malnutrition Treatment (WHO)
Gives daily weight gain in g/kg/day during severe malnutrition treatment.
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Example
- Previous weight in kg
- 4.80
- Current weight in kg
- 4.85
- Days between the weights
- 1
- Phase
- Rehabilitation (F-100 or RUTF)
Result: Weight gain 10.4 g/kg/day: good.
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What you enter
- Previous weight in kg
- Current weight in kg
- Days between the weights
- Phase
How this is calculated
Citation
World Health Organization. Training course on the inpatient management of severe acute malnutrition. 2021. Module 4, p. 30; Management of severe malnutrition, 1999. Read the source ↗
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