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Nutritional survey of hospitalized pediatric patients.
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A nutrition survey in a pediatric referral center revealed one-third of patients had evidence of acute malnutrition, and protein-energy malnutrition may be an important contributor to prolonged hospitalization and hospital-acquired morbidity in United States children.About:
This article is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 1979-06-01. It has received 138 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Protein–energy malnutrition & Percentile.read more
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Defining Pediatric Malnutrition A Paradigm Shift Toward Etiology-Related Definitions
Nilesh M. Mehta,Mark R. Corkins,Beth Lyman,Ainsley Malone,Praveen S. Goday,Liesje Nieman Carney,Jessica Monczka,Steven W. Plogsted,W. Frederick Schwenk +8 more
TL;DR: A pediatric malnutrition definitions workgroup reviewed existing pediatric age group English-language literature from 1955 to 2011, for relevant references related to 5 domains of the definition of malnutrition that were a priori identified: anthropometric parameters, growth, chronicity of malnutrition, etiology and pathogenesis, and developmental/ functional outcomes.
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Prevalence of malnutrition in pediatric hospital patients.
TL;DR: The prevalence of acute malnutrition of children admitted to hospital is still considerably high, but there is a scarcity of data concerning the nutritional status during hospital admission, and screening tools to identify children at risk of developing malnutrition might be helpful.
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Prevalence of malnutrition in paediatric hospital patients.
TL;DR: The very high prevalence of malnutrition among children admitted to a children's hospital is considered intolerable, given the adverse consequences for short- and long-term health and well-being.
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Malnutrition in critically ill children: From admission to 6 months after discharge
Jessie M. Hulst,Koen F. M. Joosten,Luc J I Zimmermann,Wim C. J. Hop,Stef van Buuren,Hans A. Büller,Dick Tibboel,Johannes B. van Goudoever +7 more
TL;DR: While malnutrition is a major problem in pediatric intensive care units, most children have good long-term outcome in terms of nutritional status after discharge.
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Cost Containment Through Nutrition Intervention
Hugh N. Tucker,Stanley G. Miguel +1 more
TL;DR: Improved or expanded nutrition services can actually help cut hospital costs or increase revenues if they are targeted to patients at risk of malnutrition, applied early in the hospital course, and their benefits are appropriately documented.
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The assessment of the nutritional status of the community
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Protein Status of General Surgical Patients
TL;DR: In a survey of the protein nutritional status of all patients on the surgical wards of an urban municipal hospital, accepted standards indicated moderate to severe protein-calorie malnutrition in one half of these patients as judged by triceps skin fold and arm muscle circumference measurements.