Abstract
BACKGROUND: Information on disease-related malnutrition and related outcomes in pediatric patients with chronic diseases in different settings of care is not available. METHODS: Consecutive eligible patients attending the out-patient clinic (n = 177) or admitted to the day-hospital clinic (n = 163) or to hospital (n = 201) were screened for the presence of malnutrition (BMI and/or height/length for age z-scores
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1877-1882 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Clinical Nutrition |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2019 |
Keywords
- *Chronic disease
- *Malnutrition
- *Outcome
- *Prevalence
- *Stunting