CLINICAL EXAMINATION COMPARED WITH ANTHROPOMETRY IN EVALUATING NUTRITIONAL-STATUS

被引:32
作者
CROSS, JH
HOLDEN, C
MACDONALD, A
PEARMAIN, G
STEVENS, MCG
BOOTH, IW
机构
[1] CHILDRENS HOSP,BIRMINGHAM B16 8ET,W MIDLANDS,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV BIRMINGHAM,INST CHILD HLTH,BIRMINGHAM B15 2TT,W MIDLANDS,ENGLAND
关键词
ANTHROPOMETRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;
D O I
10.1136/adc.72.1.60
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
Clinical assessments of nutritional status in a group of 44 inpatients, made by a panel of experienced childcare specialists, were compared with anthropometric assessments. Assessors were uniformly poor at detecting severe malnutrition and at assessing the nutritional status of infants. Nutritional status cannot be accurately assessed clinically and anthropometry is crucial.
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