Low mid-upper arm circumference identifies children with a high risk of death who should be the priority target for treatment
Briend A., Alvarez JL., Avril N., Bahwere P., Bailey J., Berkley JA., Binns P., Blackwell N., Dale N., Deconinck H., Delchevalerie P., Dent N., Gallagher M., Guerrero S., Hanson K., Kerac M., Manary M., Mwangome MK., Myatt M., Phelan KPQ., Pietzsch S., Ubach NS., Shepherd S., Van Der Kam S., Vargas A., Whitney S.
Background: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is currently defined by the WHO as either a low mid-upper arm circumference (i.e. MUAC <115 mm), a low weight-for-height z-score (i.e. WHZ