Objective The aim of the present study was to identify all currently available screening and
assessment tools for detection of malnutrition in hospitalised children, and to identify the …

Background Nutrition screening tools are used to identify risk of malnutrition or change in
risk of malnutrition. However, it is unclear which tools have demonstrated high validity …

Background Identifying children at malnutrition risk on admission to hospital is considered
best practice; however, nutrition screening in pediatric populations is not common. The aim …

Background All hospitalized patients should be screened for malnutrition risk. No universal
method exists for pediatric patients. Methods We performed a cross-sectional study …

Background Hospitalized children present higher rates of undernutrition. Malnutrition can
lead to a more complex hospitalization process with an increased length of stay and higher …

Background This study constitutes a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort aiming to
evaluate the potential correlation between nutritional risk and status at admission with the …

Objetivo: el propósito de esta revisión sistemática es recopilar la evidencia disponible sobre
herramientas de tamizaje nutricional en pediatría que permitan prevenir e intervenir la …

Background There are different malnutrition screening tools developed in the English
language, but limited data available on the validity of their versions translated into other …

Purpose This observational study carried out to determine the incidence of poor nutritional
status and symptom burden in children undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Methods The …

Background The impact of malnutrition on pediatric patients in the acute care setting is
significant. Hospitalized patients with malnutrition have been shown to have poor clinical …