Use of body segments for assess growth and nutritional status in children and adolescents
| Autor: | Maria de las Mercedes Ruiz Brunner, María Elisabeth Cieri, Antonella Melisa Ferrero, María Dania Zárate, Florencia Bainotti, Eduardo Cuestas |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba, Vol 75, Iss 3, Pp 176-182 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0014-6722 1853-0605 |
| DOI: | 10.31053/1853.0605.v75.n3.19462 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Weight and height are essential information to assess growth and nutritional status in pediatrics. The determination of them by direct method is difficult in hospitalized patients. The objective was to analyze the correlation between weight and mid arm circumference (MAC), and between height and knee height (KH) of children and teenagers so it can be used to asses growth and nutritional status in hospitalized children. Population and methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. We included children and teenagers of both gender of 2 and 19 years old. To establish the correlation, the correlation coefficient r and determination R2 were calculated with a significance of p |
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