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  • Title: Decline in hospital mortality rate after the use of the World Health Organization protocol for management of severe malnutrition.
    Author: Falbo AR, Alves JG, Batista Filho M, de Fátima Costa Caminha M, Cabral-Filho JE.
    Journal: Trop Doct; 2009 Apr; 39(2):71-2. PubMed ID: 19299283.
    Abstract:
    We studied the implementation of the World Health Organization protocol for the treatment of malnourished children at the largest maternal and infant hospital in the northeast of Brazil. The implementation of the protocol resulted in a reduction in the mortality rate from 38.0% to 16.2%.
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