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  2. Oral rehydration therapy - Wikipedia

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    Care of these children must also include careful management of their malnutrition and treatment of other infections. Useful signs of dehydration include an eagerness to drink, lethargy, cool and moist extremities, weak or absent radial pulse (wrist), and reduced or absent urine flow. In children with severe malnutrition, it is often impossible ...

  3. Management of dehydration - Wikipedia

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    Hopefully, patients will graduate to the medium dehydration or "some" dehydration category and receive continued treatment as above. [1] Inadequate replacement of potassium losses during diarrhea can lead to potassium depletion and hypokalaemia (low serum potassium) especially in children with malnutrition.

  4. Therapeutic food - Wikipedia

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    Packets of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food. Therapeutic foods are foods designed for specific, usually nutritional, therapeutic purposes as a form of dietary supplement.The primary examples of therapeutic foods are used for emergency feeding of malnourished children or to supplement the diets of persons with special nutrition requirements, such as the elderly.

  5. Clinical nutrition - Wikipedia

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    In the field of clinical nutrition, malnutrition has causes, epidemiology and management distinct from those associated with malnutrition that is mainly related to poverty. The main causes of clinical malnutrition are: Cachexia caused by diseases, injuries and/or aging; Difficulties with ingestion, such as stroke, paresis, dementia, depression ...

  6. Refeeding syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The syndrome can occur at the beginning of treatment for eating disorders when patients have an increase in calorie intake and can be fatal. It can also occur when someone does not eat for several days at a time usually beginning after 4–5 days with no food. [5] It can also occur after the onset of a severe illness or major surgery. The ...

  7. Human nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Women are more likely than men to be obese, where the rate of obesity in women doubled from 8% to 14% between 1980 and 2008. [112] Being overweight as a child has become an increasingly important statistic as an indicator for later development of obesity and non-infectious diseases such as cardiovascular disease . [ 103 ]

  8. The biggest reason people launched GoFundMe campaigns in 2024

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    The top fundraising campaign on crowdfunding platform GoFundMe in 2024 reflects what has been a major pain point for millions of Americans: inflation. The company's annual giving report shows that ...

  9. F-100 and F-75 (foods) - Wikipedia

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    The formula is used in therapeutic feeding centers where children are hospitalized for treatment. [1] F-75 is considered the "starter" formula, and F-100 the "catch-up" formula. [ 2 ] The designations mean that the product contains respectively 75 and 100 kcals per 100 ml. F-75 provides 75 kcal and 0.9 g protein per 100 mL, while F-100 provides ...