Sick pediatric patients who admit in pediatric wards. malnutrition Nutritional deterioration risk score
Conditions
Interventions
All anticipated pediatric patients age 1month to 18 years who admit in pediatric wards.
Screening
pediatric patients
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
1 Months to 18 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. children age 1month to 18 years who admit in pediatric ward, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University 2. Prematurity infant; use corrected age,age should be corrected up to 2 years old 3 Parents and caregiver can communicate with researchers in Thai.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Plan to admit less than 48 hours 2. Patient with unstable vital signs that admit or transfer to intensive care unit within 48 hours after admission. 3. Unable to perform anthropometric measurements 4. Patient with post amputation that affect loss of >10% of their reference weight.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| acute malnutrition at admission Weight for height z-score according to WHO standard growth reference | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| hospital-acquired malnutrition at discharge weight loss during admission | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactSuchaorn Saengnipanthkul
Khon Kaen University
Outcome results
None listed