Validation of a nutritional screen in children with respiratory syncytial virus admitted to an intensive care complex

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 543-546

  Mezoff, Adam ^a,b   Gamm, Lynn ^a   Konek, Susan ^a   Beal, Kathleen G ^a   Hitch, David ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

intensive care; nutritional screen; pediatrics; respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY INTAKE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; GROWTH; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0029924228     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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