Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Children With Excess Weight: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

CONCLUSION: Nutrition status was not independently associated with poor outcomes. However, overweight should be considered a potential risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes in PICU admissions.
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Source: Nutrition in Clinical Practice - July 2, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Costa CAD, Mattiello R, Forte GC, Andrades GRH, Crestani F, Dalenogare IP, Einloft PR, Bruno F, Tonial CT, Garcia PCR Tags: Nutr Clin Pract Source Type: research