A simple nutrition screening tool to identify nutritional deterioration in long stay paediatric inpatients: The paediatric nutrition rescreening tool (PNRT).

Background And Aims: Children with extended hospital stays are at risk of nutritional deterioration making regular nutrition screening throughout their admission an integral part of the nutrition care pathway. The purpose of this study was to design and validate a simple, quick and universal weekly rescreening tool to identify hospital acquired nutritional deterioration during a child's hospital stay.

Methods: A prospective, longitudinal sample of children aged 0-16 years admitted to a paediatric tertiary hospital with a length of stay ≥7 days were included in the study.

Nutritional Assessment and Status of Hospitalized Infants.

Objectives: Malnutrition during infancy has long-term adverse consequences for both physical and psychological development. Early detection of malnutrition among hospitalized infants is essential to provide optimal nutrition support. The primary aim of the present study was to investigate the nutritional status of hospitalized infants using 2 methods: the Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment (SGNA) and anthropometric measurement.

Simple Nutrition Screening Tool for Pediatric Inpatients.

Background: Pediatric nutrition risk screening tools are not routinely implemented throughout many hospitals, despite prevalence studies demonstrating malnutrition is common in hospitalized children. Existing tools lack the simplicity of those used to assess nutrition risk in the adult population. This study reports the accuracy of a new, quick, and simple pediatric nutrition screening tool (PNST) designed to be used for pediatric inpatients.