Italian pediatric nutrition survey

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
A LezoSIGENP Nutrition Day Group

Abstract

the prevalence of malnutrition in children and its impact on clinical outcomes is underrecognized by clinicians in Italy as well as worldwide. A novel definition of pediatric malnutrition has been recently proposed by a working group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.), based on the correlation between illness and the use of zscores of anthropometric measurements. to investigate the prevalence of malnutrition and related nutritional support among hospitalized children in Italy, in a nationwide survey performed in a single day (16/4/2015). an open access website (http://nday.biomedia.net) was used to collected data from 73 hospitals and 101 wards in 14 Italian regions (1994 patients). Anonymous information was collected on hospitals' characteristics, patient's anthropometry, admission diagnosis, presence of chronic diseases and use of nutritional support: oral nutritional supplements (ONS), enteral nutrition (EN) or parenteral nutrition (PN). Z-scores of anthropometric measurements, calculated with Epi Info 7.1.5, defined nutritional status: wasting was identified by BMI or Weight-for-Length z-score (<-1 mild, <-2 moderate, <-3 severe), stunting by Heig...Continue Reading

Citations

Jul 30, 2020·Nutrients·Antonella LezoMonica Asteggiano
Nov 15, 2020·JPEN. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Antonella LezoCorrado Lagazio
Dec 15, 2020·European Eating Disorders Review : the Journal of the Eating Disorders Association·Alessio Maria MonteleoneValeria Zanna
Apr 22, 2021·Minerva Pediatrics·Elvira VerduciGian Vincenzo Zuccotti

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