Nutrition-focused physical examination in pediatric patients

Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Kelly Green Corkins

Abstract

A complete nutrition assessment includes several components: medical record review, anthropometric measurements, diet/nutrition intake, interview, and physical examination. The nutrition-focused physical examination (NFPE) can identify or confirm muscle wasting, subcutaneous fat loss, and edema and clarify information gathered during the medical record review. The physical examination component of the nutrition assessment is more critical in pediatric patients because pediatric patients can become malnourished more quickly than adults and because prolonged malnutrition can negatively affect growth and development. In addition, case studies of micronutrient deficiencies, essential fatty acid deficiency, and protein-calorie malnutrition with skin manifestations have been reported in developed countries. The etiologies of the deficiencies are chronic disease, long-term tube feedings, or long-term parenteral nutrition. An NFPE involves an in-depth examination of the patient from head to toe by a trained nutrition professional. Nutrition professionals recognize the importance and value of an NFPE, yet it is seldom completed, particularly in pediatrics, most likely due to lack of training and lack of pediatric-specific information or...Continue Reading

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Oct 23, 2016·Pediatric Transplantation·Sandra BoumaSung Won Choi
Dec 4, 2016·Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Kelly Green Corkins, Erin E Teague
Oct 22, 2016·Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Sandra Bouma
Sep 21, 2016·Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Kelly Green Corkins, Teresa Shurley
Jul 22, 2017·Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Anita M NucciUNKNOWN ASPEN Pediatric Intestinal Failure Section
Jul 18, 2019·Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology·Elles van der LouwUNKNOWN Review Group
Aug 10, 2019·Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : a Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies·Santiago Campos-Miño, Artur Figueiredo-Delgado
Mar 3, 2020·Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Joshua S V da SilvaUNKNOWN Parenteral Nutrition Safety and Clinical Practice Committees, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Jul 1, 2017·Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Kylie D LewisBodil M K Larsen
Feb 1, 2017·Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Sandra Bouma
Feb 1, 2017·Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Kelly Green Corkins, Erin E Teague
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