Severe Acute Malnutrition

Preferred Label : Severe Acute Malnutrition;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : Acute Malnutrition, Severe; Malnutrition, Severe Acute;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe acute malnutrition;

Details

Origin ID

D000067011;

UMLS CUI

C4042945;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Severe Acute Malnutrition [DeCS]
Record concept(s)
- Severe Acute Malnutrition [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]

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