Hastaneye yatan çocuklarda sıklıkla görülen malnütrisyon, kas dokusu kaybı, yara iyileşmesinde gecikme, klinik komplikasyonlar ve hastanede kalış süresi gibi olumsuz sonuçlar, morbidite mortalite riskinde artış ile ilişkilidir. Malnütrisyonlu çocukların tıbbi beslenme tedavisindeki ana prensipler, çocuğun durumunu değerlendirmek buna uygun tedavi planı oluşturmaktır. Bu sebeple malnütrisyon tar...

introduction: hospitalized children are often at increased risk of nutritional impairment at or during admission.   objectives: the aims of this study were to (1) define the nutritional state of hospitalized children with comparison to healthy children in two different countries and (2) compare and contrast three nutritional risk screening (nrs) tools for hospitalized children in terms of the e...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to compare five commonly used malnutrition screening tools against an acknowledged definition of malnutrition in one hospital inpatient sample. BACKGROUND Early identification and intervention of malnutrition in hospital patients may prevent later complications. Several screening tools have reported their diagnostic accuracy, but the criterion ...