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SUBMITTER: Tuokkola J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6432750 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of health, population, and nutrition 20190325 1
<h4>Background</h4>All hospitalized patients should be screened for malnutrition risk. No universal method exists for pediatric patients.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a cross-sectional study comparing three published malnutrition risk screening tools (PYMS, STAMP, and STRONG<sub>kids</sub>), applying them to each inpatient aged 1 month to 17 years over a period of five consecutive weekdays in Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.<h4>Results</h4>Of the eligible patients, 67% (n = 69) participated ...[more]