Nutritional risk screening—a cross-sectional study in a tertiary pediatric hospital

Abstract Background All hospitalized patients should be screened for malnutrition risk. No universal method exists for pediatric patients. Methods We performed a cross-sectional study comparing three published malnutrition risk screening tools (PYMS, STAMP, and STRONGkids), applying them to each inp...

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Main Authors: J. Tuokkola, J. Hilpi, K-L Kolho, H. Orell, L. Merras-Salmio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41043-019-0166-4