Safety and practicability of using mid-upper arm circumference as a discharge criterion in community based management of severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6 to 59 months programmes

Table 4 Details of study subjects with negative outcomes in the three months following their discharge with a MUAC of 125 mm or greater (n = 5)

		Admission		Discharge				Follow-up
Outcome	Sex	Age (months)	MUAC (mm)^a	MUAC (mm)	WHZ	Length of stay (days)	Weight gain (%)	Duration of follow-up^b (weeks)	Last known MUAC (mm)^c	Illness during follow-up
Death	F	9	112	125	+0.30	56	10.0	10	134	diarrhoea cough
Death	F	14	110	128	−0.01	105	14.7	6	120	diarrhoea vomiting fever cough
Relapse	M	14	110	126	−0.08	84	26.8	12	110	none recorded
Relapse	M	12	104	130	−0.39	35	26.8	8	114	diarrhoea vomiting fever cough
Relapse	F	9	110	128	−0.65	112	30.0	6	115	diarrhoea

^aNone of the children followed-up had oedema at admission
^bThe follow-up visit prior to death or the follow-up visit when relapse was detected
^cLast known MUAC for deaths is the MUAC recorded in the follow-up visit prior to death. Last known MUAC for relapsed cases is the MUAC at the follow-up visit at which relapse was detected. Relapsed cases were referred back to the therapeutic feeding program

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