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Descriptor English: Severe Acute Malnutrition
Descriptor Spanish: Desnutrición Aguda Severa
Descriptor malnutrición aguda grave
Scope note: Forma aguda de desnutrición que afecta generalmente a los niños, caracterizada por un peso muy bajo para la altura (por debajo de las puntuaciones -3z de los estándares medios de la Organización Mundial de la Salud), emaciación grave visible, o la aparición de EDEMA nutricional. Puede ser una causa directa o indirecta de mortalidad en los niños que sufren de DIARREA y la NEUMONÍA. No debe confundirse con el hambre, una condición en la cual el cuerpo no está recibiendo suficiente alimento, generalmente por períodos prolongados de tiempo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Desnutrição Aguda Grave
Descriptor French: Malnutrition aigüe sévère
Entry term(s): Acute Malnutrition, Severe
Malnutrition, Severe Acute
Tree number(s): C18.654.521.719
SP6.990.625.344.482
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000067011
Scope note: Acute form of MALNUTRITION which usually affects children, characterized by a very low weight for height (below -3z scores of the median World Health Organization standards), visible severe wasting, or occurrence of nutritional EDEMA. It can be a direct or indirect cause of fatality in children suffering from DIARRHEA and PNEUMONIA. Do not confuse with starvation, a condition in which the body is not getting enough food, usually for extended periods of time.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Nutrition Disorders (1980-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
DeCS ID: 55845
Unique ID: D000067011
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Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/01
Revision Date: 2014/10/15
Severe Acute Malnutrition - Preferred
Concept UI M000597567
Scope note Acute form of MALNUTRITION which usually affects children, characterized by a very low weight for height (below -3z scores of the median World Health Organization standards), visible severe wasting, or occurrence of nutritional EDEMA. It can be a direct or indirect cause of fatality in children suffering from DIARRHEA and PNEUMONIA. Do not confuse with starvation, a condition in which the body is not getting enough food, usually for extended periods of time.
Preferred term Severe Acute Malnutrition
Entry term(s) Acute Malnutrition, Severe
Malnutrition, Severe Acute



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