Abstract

PATANE, Julieta  and  JEREB, Silvia. Description of nutritional screening tools in the Pediatric Patient. Diaeta [online]. 2016, vol.34, n.156, pp.25-31. ISSN 1852-7337.

Protein-calorie malnutrition is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency in hospitalized patients. Determining the nutritional status through an effective tool and an evaluation process, can help identify early malnutrition and immediately start nutritional therapy. Available literature was searched for through search engines such as PubMed, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) from 2000 to 2105 inclusive. In the past years, 7 nutritional screening tools intended for pediatric patient have been developed. The objective of this review is to describe each of them. So far, a universally accepted tool does not exist, although it is important to establish a routine screening tool when admitting patients to hospitals.

Keywords : Malnutrition; Nutritional screening; Nutritional status; Pediatric patient.

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