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Unit assessment
Choose correct statements.
1. Which statements are true regarding children with oedema?
a) Children with oedema have increased body weight due to fluid retention.
b) Underweight may be masked in oedematous children due to excess fluid.
c) Weight-for age is misleading in oedematous children as it does not reflect true body mass.
d) All children with oedema are considered severely malnourished and require special care.
e) Children with oedema +++ require inpatient management.
Please answer the question first.
Feedback 
All are true. Children with oedema have increased body weight due to fluid retention. Thus oedema may mask wasting in SAM
children. When SAM is categorised into 'with or without' complications, oedema +++ is one of the conditions regarded
as a complication.
