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Erschienen in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics 11/2017

17.06.2017 | Scientific Letter

Undernutrition in Pediatric Malignancy

verfasst von: Anirban Das, Reshma Ray, Tiash Sinha, Manash Gogoi, Shekhar Krishnan, Arpita Bhattacharyya

Erschienen in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Ausgabe 11/2017

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To the Editor: Undernutrition, prevalent in 8–60%, results in delay in treatment, dose-reductions, complications, and prolonged hospital-stay in children with cancer [1]. We performed a retrospective audit from the first anthropometric records for children <18 y, diagnosed with malignancy between January–December 2016, after ethical approval by the hospital committee. Weight-for-height/length for ≤5 y old, and body-mass-index for >5 y old children were calculated. Z-score < −2SD was classified as ‘undernutrition,’ < −3SD as ‘severe undernutrition,’ and > + 2SD as ‘overweight’. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Undernutrition in Pediatric Malignancy
verfasst von
Anirban Das
Reshma Ray
Tiash Sinha
Manash Gogoi
Shekhar Krishnan
Arpita Bhattacharyya
Publikationsdatum
17.06.2017
Verlag
Springer India
Erschienen in
Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Ausgabe 11/2017
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Elektronische ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-017-2399-9

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