Area Gastroenterologia, Nutrition Team, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli", Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2017 Jun;21(11):2690-2701.
Malnutrition in children and adolescents may be underestimated during hospital stay. In western countries, children were often hospitalized for acute or chronic diseases that are not necessarily related to malnutrition. However, acute or chronic injuries may hamper nutritional status, prolonging recovery after admission and consequently length of hospital stay. Several methods and techniques are known to investigate malnutrition in children, even if their use is not widespread in clinical practice. Many of these are simple and easy to perform and could be useful to a better management of every kind of illness. In this review, we will focus on clinical tools necessary to reveal a nutritional risk at admission and to assess nutritional status in hospitalized children and adolescents.
儿童和青少年的营养不良在住院期间可能被低估。在西方国家，儿童经常因急性或慢性疾病住院，而这些疾病不一定与营养不良有关。然而，急性或慢性损伤可能会影响营养状况，延长住院后的康复时间，从而延长住院时间。有几种方法和技术可用于调查儿童的营养不良，尽管它们在临床实践中的应用并不广泛。其中许多方法简单易用，对各种疾病的治疗都有帮助。在这篇综述中，我们将重点介绍入院时发现营养风险和评估住院儿童和青少年营养状况所需的临床工具。
