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Evaluation of the risk of malnutrition in hospitalized children by PYMS, STAMP, and STRONGkids tools and comparison with their anthropometric indices: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a determining factor of pediatric mortality and morbidity, especially in low and middle-income countries. Hospitalized children are at a higher risk of malnutrition. Several malnutrition screening tools have been used, among which STAMP, PYMS, and STRONGkids are valid too...

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Autores principales: Malekiantaghi, Armen, AsnaAshari, Kosar, Shabani-Mirzaee, Hosein, Vigeh, Mohsen, Sadatinezhad, Mohsen, Eftekhari, Kambiz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9027700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35449119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022-00525-8