TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical tools to assess nutritional risk and malnutrition in hospitalized children and adolescents
AU - Rinninella, Emanuele
AU - Ruggiero, Antonio
AU - Maurizi, Palma
AU - Triarico, S.
AU - Triarico, Silvia
AU - Cintoni, Marco
AU - Mele, Maria Cristina
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Malnutrition in children and adolescents may be underestimated during hospital stay. In western countries, children were often hospitalized for acute or chronic diseases that are not necessarily related to malnutrition. However, acute or chronic injuries may hamper nutritional status, prolonging recovery after admission and consequently length of hospital stay. Several methods and techniques are known to investigate malnutrition in children, even if their use is not widespread in clinical practice. Many of these are simple and easy to perform and could be useful to a better management of every kind of illness. In this review, we will focus on clinical tools necessary to reveal a nutritional risk at admission and to assess nutritional status in hospitalized children and adolescents.
AB - Malnutrition in children and adolescents may be underestimated during hospital stay. In western countries, children were often hospitalized for acute or chronic diseases that are not necessarily related to malnutrition. However, acute or chronic injuries may hamper nutritional status, prolonging recovery after admission and consequently length of hospital stay. Several methods and techniques are known to investigate malnutrition in children, even if their use is not widespread in clinical practice. Many of these are simple and easy to perform and could be useful to a better management of every kind of illness. In this review, we will focus on clinical tools necessary to reveal a nutritional risk at admission and to assess nutritional status in hospitalized children and adolescents.
KW - nutritional risk, hospitalized children, hospitalized adolescents
KW - nutritional risk, hospitalized children, hospitalized adolescents
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/105722
M3 - Article
SN - 2284-0729
VL - 21
SP - 2690
EP - 2701
JO - European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences
JF - European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences
ER -