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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41043-019-0166-4 |