Redefining pediatric malnutrition to improve treatment
In recent years, an effort has been underway to redefine malnutrition in pediatric patients to include both the acute clinical population and the more traditional ambulatory populations.
September 3, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acute, clinical-population, more-traditional, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, pediatric-patients, recent-years
Nutritional intervention for pediatric inpatients decrease hospital stay and costs
A new study has found that the use of oral nutritional supplements provided to pediatric patients during hospitalization was associated with a decrease in length of stay of 14.8 percent and a decrease in hospital stay costs of $1,768 per patient…
October 15, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 14-8-percent, during-hospitalization, hospital-stay, new-study, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oral-nutritional, pediatric-patients
