OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of @entity3147 in a pediatric population hospitalized in a French regional hospital and to evaluate the influence of type of hospital unit (pediatric or not) in the screening and the management of @entity3147 . @entity1 AND METHODS: This one-day cross-sectional survey was performed in three different seasons during 2003. Every @entity1 aged 2 months to 16 years old, hospitalized for more than 48 hours was included. Weight for height, Z-score and Body Mass Index Z-score were used for nutritional assessment. Type of hospitalisation unit, date of admission, associated diagnosis, screening and treatment of @entity3147 were also taken into account. RESULTS: Two hundred and eighty hospitalized @entity1 were undernourished (11%) and thirty-one @entity1 were @entity28 (11%) with no difference in prevalence of @entity3147 between pediatric and non-pediatric units. At the time of the study, @entity3147 was recognized in one third of the @entity1 , at a similar rate whatever the type of hospitalized unit. The @entity1 hospitalized in pediatrics wards benefited more frequently from nutritional intervention, i.e. dietician care (43 vs. 16% P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Prevalence of @entity3147 in hospitalized @entity1 is low and the same in pediatric or non-pediatric units. Screening of @entity3147 remains unsatisfactory in hospital. However, @entity3147 is more frequently treated in pediatric unit compared with non-pediatric unit.

[Malnutrition screening in hospitalized XXXX : influence of the hospital unit on its management].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'PATIENTS', 'child'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obese'] @entity3147 :: ('MESH:D044342', 'Disease') :: ['malnutrition']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['children']
