Nationwide "Pediatric Nutrition Day" survey on the nutritional status of hospitalized children in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

To evaluate the nutritional status and prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalized children at admission and during hospitalization in South Korea.

Subjects/methods

This first cross-sectional nationwide "Pediatric Nutrition Day (pNday)" survey was conducted among 872 hospitalized children (504 boys, 368 girls; 686 medical, 186 surgical) from 23 hospitals in South Korea. Malnutrition risk was screened using the Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS) and the Screening Tool Risk on Nutritional status and Growth. Nutritional status was assessed by z-scores of weight-for-age for underweight, weight-for-height for wasting, and height-for-age for stunting as well as laboratory tests.

Results

At admission, of the 872 hospitalized children, 17.2% wer

SUBMITTER: Lee YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8007407 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature