Prevalence and Assessment of Malnutrition Risk among Hospitalized Children in Romania

Malnutrition is a prevalent condition in hospitalized children. Our aims were to evaluate the nutritional state and to validate the STRONGkids risk assessment tool in a hospitalized paediatric population in Romania. This is a prospective single-centre study in a tertiary teaching hospital in Romania...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of health, population and nutrition population and nutrition, 2014-03, Vol.32 (1), p.97-102
Hauptverfasser:	Mărginean, Oana, Pitea, Ana Maria, Voidăzan, Septimiu, Mărginean, Claudiu
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Blood Proteins - analysis Body Height - physiology Body Weight - physiology Child Child Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology Child, Hospitalized - statistics & numerical data Child, Preschool Children Childrens health Distribution Female Hospitalization Hospitalized Humans Infant Male Malnutrition Malnutrition in children Mass Screening - methods Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data Nutritional Status - physiology Original Papers Pediatric research Pediatrics Prevalence Prevalence studies (Epidemiology) Prospective Studies Proteins Reproducibility of Results Risk assessment Risk Assessment - methods Risk Assessment - statistics & numerical data Risk Factors Romania Romania - epidemiology Serum proteins Severity of Illness Index
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Zusammenfassung:	Malnutrition is a prevalent condition in hospitalized children. Our aims were to evaluate the nutritional state and to validate the STRONGkids risk assessment tool in a hospitalized paediatric population in Romania. This is a prospective single-centre study in a tertiary teaching hospital in Romania (May 2011-January 2012). We calculated the STRONGkids score and measured the children's height and weight. Standard deviation
ISSN:	1606-0997 2072-1315