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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2003 49(3):189-190; doi:10.1093/tropej/49.3.189
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Brief Report

Effects of Hospital Stay on Nutritional Anthropometric Data in Turkish Children

Yesim Öztürk1, Benal Büyükgebiz1, Nur Arslan1 and Hülya Ellidokuz2

1 Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Inciralti, Turkey 2 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Inciralti, Turkey

We evaluated the effects of hospital stay on nutritional anthropometric data in children of various age groups and investigated the effects of admission undernutrition on nutritional anthropometric data in children who were hospitalized in our university hospital in Turkey. The adverse effect of hospitalization on nutritional status was shown to be most obvious on the 2–6-year age group with undernourished children. We also found reduced anthropometric parameters in all patients with mild malnutrition at admission (p < 0.05). A significant number of pediatric patients in Turkey are at nutritional risk at the time of hospital admission (31.8 per cent). The well-nourished children do not carry nutritional risk due to hospitalization for other medical reasons. Since undernutrition has an adverse effect on morbidity and mortality, careful nutritional evaluation of children on admission is essential. Special attention should be given to patients who had mild malnutrition on admission since this population of patients seem to be at higher risk of adverse effect of hospitalization.


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