Is an Aggressive Potassium Repletion Required for Children with Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition?

Affiliations

¹ Medical Student, St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
² Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Physiology and Division of Nutrition, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
⁴ Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560034, India. nirupama.s@sjri.res.in.

Surbhi Agrawal et al. Indian J Pediatr. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;89(9):930.

doi: 10.1007/s12098-022-04313-x. Epub 2022 Jul 8.

¹ Medical Student, St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
² Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Physiology and Division of Nutrition, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
⁴ Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560034, India. nirupama.s@sjri.res.in.

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