학술논문
Thiamine content of F-75 therapeutic milk for complicated severe acute malnutrition: time for a change?
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*MALNUTRITION treatment
*ACUTE diseases
*VITAMIN B1
*COMPOSITION of milk
*INPATIENT care
*SEVERITY of illness index
*VITAMIN therapy
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ISSN
0077-8923
Abstract
Since community-based management of severe acute malnutrition has become the standard of care, the clinical profile of severe acutely malnourished patients admitted to hospitals or inpatient therapeutic feeding centers has changed significantly. These patients are usually very ill and often present with several comorbidities, such as shock, sepsis, and pneumonia. Complicated severe acute malnutrition patients are at risk of thiamine insufficiency, and critically ill patients have higher thiamine requirements. The thiamine content of F-75, the therapeutic milk formula used in the early stabilization phase of refeeding in patients with severe acute malnutrition, seems insufficient. Here, we discuss the need and rationale for a substantial increase in the thiamine content of F-75. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]