Screening Tools for Malnutrition in Hospitalized Children with Respiratory Tract Infections: A Single Center Experience in a Low/Middle Income Country.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Detecting the risk of malnutrition in pediatric patients using simple, rapid, and validated screening tools is important. The most frequently used screening tools are the Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics (STAMP), Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS), and Screening Tool for Risk on Nutritional Status and Growth (STRONG-kids). We aimed to assess the value of STAMP as a nutritional screening tool for the evaluation of nutritional status compared to other tools in children with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) admitted to a single tertiary referral hospital in a low/middle-income country.

Methods

This cross-sectional study enrolled 80 children aged 1-12 years who were admitted for RTIs. Each participant was evaluated anthropometr

SUBMITTER: Sayed S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12636106 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature