Comparison of Pediatric Nutrition Screening Tool (PNST) With the Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS) in Hospitalized Turkish Children

Caferoğlu, Zeynep; Kaya, Neşe; Konyaligil, Nurefsan; Kurtbeyoğlu, Emine; Çavdar, Meliha; Fırat, Selma; Toklu Baloğlu, Hilal; Kardaş, Fatih

doi:10.1097/tin.0000000000000328

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Comparison of Pediatric Nutrition Screening Tool (PNST) With the Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS) in Hospitalized Turkish Children

Published in Topics in Clinical Nutrition • Jun 23, 2023

Authors:

Zeynep Caferoğlu

Neşe Kaya

Nurefsan Konyaligil

Abstract

This study aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of Pediatric Nutrition Screening Tool (PNST) and Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS) in Turkish pediatric inpatients. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 996 inpatients aged 1 to 16 years. The prevalence of malnutrition was 31.8%. The...

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Medicine

Malnutrition

Turkish

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