RT Book, Section
A1 Iserson, Kenneth V.
SR Print(0)
ID 1124430924
T1 Malnutrition
T2 Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071847629
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1124430924
RD 2024/04/23
AB Malnutrition  is  a  huge  problem  throughout  the  world,  and  it  worsens  in  disaster  situations.  Estimates  are  that  moderate-to-acute  malnutrition  affects  around  10%  of  children  <5  years  old  in  low-  and  middle-income  countries,1  and  contributes  to  more  than  half  (54%)  of  the  deaths  in  this  group  (Fig.  36-1).  Among  elderly  patients  in  the  US  general  population,  the  prevalence  of  malnutrition  ranges  from  12%  to  as  high  as  85%  among  the  institutionalized  elderly.2  Malnutrition  usually  occurs  in  resource-poor  situations.  The  keys  are  both  to  recognize  it  and  to  treat  it  effectively.