The evaluation of the malnutrition in hospitalized infants
Aim: Malnutrition is a state of inadequate nutrition that can be prevented or treated with appropriate nutrition. The aim of this study is to determine the nutritional status of hospitalized infants and to establish the relationship between anthropometric measurements and malnutrition with underlyi...
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Aim: Malnutrition is a state of inadequate nutrition that can be prevented or treated with appropriate nutrition. The aim of this study is to determine the nutritional status of hospitalized infants and to establish the relationship between anthropometric measurements and malnutrition with underlying acute or chronic diseases.
Materials and Methods: This study was cross-sectional, descriptive, and noninvasive. It included the infants who were hospitalized at the tertiary hospital between 2010 and 2012. Demographic data was collected through face-to-face interviews. Body mass index (BMI), BMI standard deviation score (SDS), BMI percentiles, SDS of body weight and height were calculated using the KIGS (Pfizer International Growth Database) Auxology calculator program.
Results: A total of 298 infants were included in the study. The mean age of them was 7.18 ± 4.8 months and 185 children (62.1%) were male. At the time of hospitalization, 101 (33.9%) patients had chronic disease. Neurological diseases were the most common chronic diseases, accounting for 31.7% (n=32) of the chronic diseases. As the severity of malnutrition increased, the likelihood of accompanying chronic illness increased (p |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b4ee57a5d0814ee7bd13107f9923e3342025-02-04T12:17:09ZengIzzet Baysal Training and Research HospitalNorthwestern Medical Journal2979-95382025-01-015110.54307/2025.NWMJ.76The evaluation of the malnutrition in hospitalized infantsSinem Akbay Ak0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1266-320XOya Baltalı1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0062-9138Özkan İlhan2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6124-9796Sezin Akman3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6515-8066Department of Child Health and Disease, Neonatology, Dr. Behçet Uz Pediatric Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, TürkiyeDepartment of Child Health and Disease, İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, TürkiyeDepartment of Child Health and Disease, Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, TürkiyeDepartment of Child Health and Disease, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, Türkiye Aim: Malnutrition is a state of inadequate nutrition that can be prevented or treated with appropriate nutrition. The aim of this study is to determine the nutritional status of hospitalized infants and to establish the relationship between anthropometric measurements and malnutrition with underlying acute or chronic diseases. Materials and Methods: This study was cross-sectional, descriptive, and noninvasive. It included the infants who were hospitalized at the tertiary hospital between 2010 and 2012. Demographic data was collected through face-to-face interviews. Body mass index (BMI), BMI standard deviation score (SDS), BMI percentiles, SDS of body weight and height were calculated using the KIGS (Pfizer International Growth Database) Auxology calculator program. Results: A total of 298 infants were included in the study. The mean age of them was 7.18 ± 4.8 months and 185 children (62.1%) were male. At the time of hospitalization, 101 (33.9%) patients had chronic disease. Neurological diseases were the most common chronic diseases, accounting for 31.7% (n=32) of the chronic diseases. As the severity of malnutrition increased, the likelihood of accompanying chronic illness increased (phttps://nwmedj.org/article/view/76chronic diseasehospitalizationinfantmalnutrition |
| spellingShingle | Sinem Akbay Ak Oya Baltalı Özkan İlhan Sezin Akman The evaluation of the malnutrition in hospitalized infants Northwestern Medical Journal chronic disease hospitalization infant malnutrition |
| title | The evaluation of the malnutrition in hospitalized infants |
| title_full | The evaluation of the malnutrition in hospitalized infants |
| title_fullStr | The evaluation of the malnutrition in hospitalized infants |
| title_full_unstemmed | The evaluation of the malnutrition in hospitalized infants |
| title_short | The evaluation of the malnutrition in hospitalized infants |
| title_sort | evaluation of the malnutrition in hospitalized infants |
| topic | chronic disease hospitalization infant malnutrition |
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