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Nutritional management of the low birth weight/preterm infant in community settings: a perspective from the developing world.
Aamer Imdad,Zulfiqar A Bhutta +1 more
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Community-based intervention packages are among the most effective methods of reducing morbidity and mortality in mothers and children and exclusive breastfeeding should be promoted and appropriate alternative food supplements should be provided when breastfeeding is not possible.About:
This article is published in The Journal of Pediatrics.The article was published on 2013-03-01. It has received 72 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Low birth weight & Premature birth.read more
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Multiple-micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy.
TL;DR: The aim of this bi-monthly column is to highlight Cochrane Systematic Reviews of relevance to pregnancy and childbirth and to stimulate discussion on the relevance and implications of the review for practice.
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Interventions to address deaths from childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea equitably: what works and at what cost?
Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Jai K Das,Neff Walker,Arjumand Rizvi,Harry Campbell,Igor Rudan,Robert E. Black +7 more
TL;DR: It is estimated that if implemented at present annual rates of increase in each of the 75 Countdown countries, these interventions and packages of care could save 54% of diarrhoea and 51% of pneumonia deaths by 2025 at a cost of US$3·8 billion.
Childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhoea 2 Interventions to address deaths from childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea equitably: what works and at what cost?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the Lives Saved Tool model to assess the effect of interventions and packages of care on mortality and found that if implemented at present annual rates of increase in each of the 75 Countdown countries, they could save 54% of diarrhoea and 51% of pneumonia deaths at a cost of US$3·8 billion.
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Multi‐nutrient fortification of human milk for preterm infants
TL;DR: Limited available data do not provide strong evidence that feeding preterm infants with multi-nutrient fortified breast milk compared with unfortified breast milk affects important outcomes, except that it leads to slightly increased in-hospital growth rates.
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Dietary diversity during pregnancy is associated with reduced risk of maternal anemia preterm delivery and low birth weight in a prospective cohort study in rural Ethiopia.
TL;DR: A WDDS of ≥4 food groups during pregnancy was shown to be associated with lower risk of maternal anemia, LBW, and PTB and population-based controlled trials of various options to improve dietary diversity are needed before conclusive recommendations can be made.
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Pharmacological interventions for somatoform disorders in adults.
Maria Kleinstäuber,Michael Witthöft,Andrés Steffanowski,Harm W.J. van Marwijk,Wolfgang Hiller,Michael J. Lambert +5 more
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled studies examined the efficacy and tolerability of different types of antidepressants, the combination of an antidepressant and an antipsychotic, antipsychotics alone, or natural products in adults with somatoform disorders in adults to improve optimal treatment decisions.
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Interventions for latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults.
TL;DR: Two studies show SU leading to earlier insulin dependence and a meta-analysis of four studies with considerable heterogeneity showed poorer metabolic control if SU is prescribed for patients with LADA compared to insulin.
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Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences
Robert E. Black,Lindsay H. Allen,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Laura E. Caulfield,Mercedes de Onis,Majid Ezzati,Colin Mathers,Juan A Rivera +7 more
TL;DR: The high mortality and disease burden resulting from these nutrition-related factors make a compelling case for the urgent implementation of interventions to reduce their occurrence or ameliorate their consequences.
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Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis
Robert E. Black,Simon Cousens,Hope L. Johnson,Joy E Lawn,Igor Rudan,Diego G. Bassani,Prabhat Jha,Harry Campbell,Christa L Fischer Walker,Richard E Cibulskis,Thomas P. Eisele,Li Liu,Colin Mathers +12 more
TL;DR: New estimates for 2008 of the major causes of death in children younger than 5 years in 193 countries are reported to help to focus national programmes and donor assistance.