William V Padula, Katherine A Connor, Josiah M Mueller, Jonathan C Hong, Gabriela Calderon Velazquez, Sara B Johnson
Cost Benefit of Comprehensive Primary and Preventive School-Based Health Care
American journal of preventive medicine
assessed nutritional risks among children hospitalised acute burn injuries associated clinical outcomes using three nutritional risk screening nrs tools screening tool risk impaired nutritional status growth strongkids pediatric yorkhill malnutrition score pyms screening tool assessment malnutrition pediatrics stamp prospective crosssectional study conducted october 2015 november 2016 regional burn centre patients screened two independent observers using three nrs tools total 100 children aged 3 months 165 years included strongkids identified 16 patients high risk identified 45 pyms 44 stamp adjustment confounding factors multivariate regression analysis patients highrisk group significantly longer median sd lengths stay medium versus high risk strongkids 95 66 versus 150 242 days pyms 85 44 versus 130 161 days stamp 90 57 versus 110 174 days greater median sd weight loss medium versus high risk strongkids 015 08 versus 035 08 kg stamp 05 07 versus 0 01 kg patients mediumrisk group p 005 strengths agreement nutritional risk classification two observers good strongkids 061 pyms 079 stamp 075 p 001 strongkids pyms stamp tools could useful practical determining hospitalised children acute burn injuries need additional nutritional intervention