Nutritional status associated with clinical outcomes in children with solid tumors: A retrospective cohort study from China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the long-term changes in nutritional status in children with solid tumors during treatment and the relationship between nutritional status and clinical outcomes.

Methods

This study was a retrospective medical records review of data from children who were diagnosed with solid tumors and followed up for more than 3 months from January 2016 to December 2021 in China. Patient demographics and clinical information, including nutritional status, parenteral nutrition use, intensive care unit (ICU) transfers, infection during hospitalization, hospitalization frequency, length of stay, hospitalization costs and antibiotic costs, were collected to analyze the nutritional status of children with different types of solid tumors, the dynamic changes in nutritiona

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807599 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature