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30 questions · 30 findings · 12 reviews

No studies found 12 · 40%GRADE not reported 5 · 16.7%Very low 5 · 16.7%Low 6 · 20%Moderate 2 · 6.7%High 0 · 0%

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs an alternative dietary approach

Mortality during intervention · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (and mixed HIV comorbidity), some of whom had been stabilised as inpatients pre‐trial

It is very uncertain whether standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose… changes mortality during intervention compared with an alternative dietary approach (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs as a supplement to the usual diet

Mortality during intervention · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (1 study included HIV‐uninfected children; 1 study included HIV‐infected children), all of whom…

It is very uncertain whether standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose… changes mortality during intervention compared with as a supplement to the usual diet (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review