Fig 1.
Study flow chart.
Table 1.
Sample description.
Fig 2.
Average daily proportional weight change (solid line) and weekly MUAC change (dashed line) vs MUAC at prior visit.
Fig 3.
Estimated daily energy (kcal) that would provide 95% of patient visits in the specified MUAC category with energy needs for observed growth.
Comparisons are made by: (A) MUAC category at admission, (B) continent, (C) and age group of 6–23 months (<24m) or 24–59 months (≥24m).
Fig 4.
Comparison of mean energy provided by each of five protocols: The protocol proposed herein, Golden’s minimum, intermediate, and standard protocols, the Sierra Leone protocol, and the Kenya protocol.
Table 2.
Estimated energy provided by proposed protocol as percentage of energy needed in observational data using 100 trials using subsamples of 200 visits from each of five countries (1000 visits total per simulated trial).