Is there any consensus on SFP discharge criteria?
>=-1SD seems far too high and not realistic for MAM children to achieve within a SFP. So we were thinking using -1.5SD as an intermediary step, but this is based on vague equivalences between WHO and NCHS (and it is not a constant or linear relationship)
Any suggestions/ experience of using -1.5SD ?
Thanks
The most widely used discharge criteria is > -2 z score WHZ. The WHO standards are more and more the norm, there is no use resisting them. Many SFPs treat children for fixed period of time, such as 8 weeks, rather than until patients eclipse a certain z score.
Mark Manary
Technical Expert
Answered:
15 years ago