Girma, T;
Kæstel, P;
Workeneh, N;
Mølgaard, C;
Eaton, S;
Andersen, GS;
Michaelsen, KF;
... Wells, JC; + view all
(2016)
Bioimpedance index for measurement of total body water in severely malnourished children: Assessing the effect of nutritional oedema.
Clinical Nutrition
, 35
(3)
pp. 713-717.
10.1016/j.clnu.2015.05.002.
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Abstract
Restoration of body composition indicates successful management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Bioimpedance (BI) index (height(2)/resistance) is used to predict total body water (TBW) but its performance in SAM, especially with oedema, requires further investigation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Bioimpedance index for measurement of total body water in severely malnourished children: Assessing the effect of nutritional oedema |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.clnu.2015.05.002 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2015.05.002 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016. This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. |
| Keywords: | Bioimpedance index, Body composition, Severe malnutrition, Total body water |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469942 |
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