Article
Prevalence of malnutrition among children at primary cleft surgery: A cross-sectional analysis of a global database
2021-01-22
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<h4>Summary</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Orofacial clefts are common birth defects requiring prompt feeding support and timely surgery. Little information exists about the impact of inadequate care provision in poor-resource settings. We aimed to estimate the burden of malnutrition in children from 101 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) using cleft surgery records collected by one cleft NGO. <h4>Methods</h4> We...
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- f2100df4-64cd-54a8-9aab-73f429d6e9c6
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.01.20.21250177