| Autor: |
Янков, И., Панова, М., Бангиева, К., Янкова, В., Владимирова, И. |
| Zdroj: |
Pediatria; 2024, Vol. 64 Issue 1, p21-23, 3p |
| Abstrakt: |
Malnutrition syndrome has a heterogeneous etiology, including socioeconomic and medical reasons for its appearance. With an increased risk of malnutrition in patients with chronic diseases occurring with dysphagia and/or a hypermetabolic state. Early recognition of patients at risk of malnutrition allows the use of interventional dietary measures to prevent malnutrition. We present results from a single-center and cross-sectional study of the application of a screening questionnaire to assess the risk of malnutrition in hospitalized children. The developed questionnaire includes 5 questions - presence of the absence of dysphagia (question 1), weight loss (question 2), insufficient body growth of the child (question 3), the child‘s ability to take in the required amount of food (question 4) and day feeding time > 4 hours (question 5). A sum of > 2 points is considered as an available risk of malnutrition. The higher the sum of the points, the higher the risk. The results of the application of the questionnaire allow the detection of children at risk of malnutrition, with the greatest burden on questions 1 and 4. The rest of the questions are of lesser weight. The use of the screening questionnaire is suitable for screening hospitalized children at risk of malnutrition. Their multicenter validation is necessary for its implementation in clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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