Exploring nutritional screening tools for hospitalized children: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT: Malnutrition is common among hospitalized children, especially those who are critically ill. Routine measures, such as anthropometric measurements, body composition, and nutritional assessment, comprise the basics of monitoring. This review discusses the adequacy of nutritional screening tools (NSTs) such as the SGNA (Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment), PYMS (Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score), STAMP (Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Paediatrics), and STRONGkids (Screening Tool for Risk of Nutritional Status and Growth). This review included recently published reports supporting the validation and implementation of NSTs in pediatric populations. A child's nutritional status during hospitalization is of great importance for their recovery, while the implementa

SUBMITTER: Soni P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12672397 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature