The severity of malnutrition in children with epidermolysis bullosa correlates with disease severity.

ABSTRACT: WHO defines malnutrition as severe if the z-scores are less than - 3 Standard deviation (SD), moderate if between - 2 and - 3 SD and mild if between - 2 SD to - 1 SD. This study was aimed to assess nutritional aspects of Indian children suffering from EB and to evaluate the effect of severity of EB on the severity of malnutrition. In this study, pediatric EB patients were evaluated prospectively for baseline nutritional status using anthropometric parameters and WHO growth charts, and its correlation with disease severity using instrument for Scoring Clinical Outcomes for Research of Epidermolysis Bullosa-iscorEB. In second phase, an individualized diet chart was given to meet the energy, protein and micronutrients needs and its effects were observed after 6 months. The median age of parti

SUBMITTER: Manjunath S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8377149 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature