Nutrition Risk Assessed by STRONGkids Predicts Longer Hospital Stay in a Pediatric Cohort: A Survival Analysis.

CONCLUSION: The nutrition risk assessed by STRONGkids independently predicts LOS in pediatric patients. For this outcome, patients with 3 points (moderate risk) should be treated with the same priority as those with high risk. PMID: 33175423 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33175423?dopt=Abstract

Source: Nutrition in Clinical Practice - November 11, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Santos CAD, Rosa COB, Franceschini SDCC, Firmino HH, Ribeiro AQ Tags: Nutr Clin Pract Source Type: research

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