Oxygen Saturation Index, A Noninvasive Tool for Monitoring Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure in Newborns.

We observed that poor psychosocial care had high association with malnutrition, and that the interactions between SAM children and their parents were less optimal than for the controls. The restriction of movement leading to lesser interaction with the surroundings, curtailed independence, volition activity, and the ability to ask for or obtain food could lead to malnutrition [4]. If mother is also illiterate, it further increases the chances of developing severe acute malnutrition [5]. The limitations of this study were small sample size and a hospital-based setting that could not delineate the actual home environment.