The association between nutritional status measured by body mass index and outcomes in the pediatric intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Aim/introduction

The relationship between nutritional status upon admission to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and clinical outcomes remains unclear. We examined the relationship between nutrition status, as indicated by body mass index-for-age (BMI-for-age), and clinical outcomes in the PICU.

Method

In this retrospective study at a tertiary care center, records of 1,015 critically ill children and adolescents aged one month to 18 years old with available anthropometric parameters were included. The nutritional status upon admission was determined by calculating the BMI-for-age z-score using the WHO growth charts as the reference. The participants were categorized as underweight (BMI-for-age z-score < -2), normal weight (-2 ≤ BMI-for-age z-score ≤

SUBMITTER: Pournasiri Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11443694 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature