Validity of Nutritional Screening Tools for Hospitalized Children
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Validity of Nutritional Screening Tools for Hospitalized Children
Background. Malnutrition in hospitalized children can be prevented if children with risk of malnutrition are identified. Every hospital is recommended to have a standard nutritional screening tool. Numerous simple screening tools have been developed, namely Paediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS), Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Paediatrics (STAMP), and Screening Tool...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2090-0724,2090-0732
DOI: 10.1155/2014/143649