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Undernourishment Risk in Hospitalized Children: Development of a Risk Assessment Tool
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Ericka Montijo-Barrios, Martha Guevara-Cruz, Beatriz Adriana Pinzón-Navarro, Judith Ileana Gris-Calvo, Miriam G. Bautista-Silva, Monserrat Cazares-Mendez, Roberto Cervantes-Bustamante, Jaime A. Ramírez-Mayans, Isabel Medina-Vera
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Journal of Food and Nutrition Research. 2020 8 (1). doi: 10.12691/jfnr-8-1-2
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Keywords: undernourishment, nutrition screening tool, paediatrics
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Context: ...nger days of hospital stay (18.8 ± 4.5, p=0.002), as was the presence of the item "There are factors that increase metabolic and energy demand (20%)" (14.4 ± 1.9, p=0.007). Similarly, we observed a greater risk with the presence of undernourishment [OR=2.8 (95% CI=2 – 3...
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