Malnutrition in hospitalised children

[...]the professional group best placed to undertake routine screening is nurses who already assess patients on admission to hospital. 15 The screening instrument should be easy to use and easy to interpret, and it should also be quick; some tools (eg, the Nutritional Risk Index developed for use in...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2010-07, Vol.95 (7), p.489-490
Main Author: Sullivan, Peter B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Admission and discharge
Cerebral Palsy
Child
Child Health
Child malnutrition
Child Nutrition Disorders - diagnosis
Child Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology
Children & youth
Company distribution practices
Diagnosis
Dietetics
Distribution
Health screening
Hospital admission and discharge
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Malnutrition
Malnutrition in children
Mass Screening - methods
Medical screening
Multivariate analysis
Nutrition
Nutrition Assessment
Parenteral nutrition
Patient Admission
Patients
Screening Tests
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Summary:[...]the professional group best placed to undertake routine screening is nurses who already assess patients on admission to hospital. 15 The screening instrument should be easy to use and easy to interpret, and it should also be quick; some tools (eg, the Nutritional Risk Index developed for use in the older 15 ) can take 40 min to complete, which renders them wholly impractical for use on a busy admissions ward.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.2009.169664