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Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics 11/2017

01-11-2017 | Scientific Letter

Undernutrition in Pediatric Malignancy

Authors: Anirban Das, Reshma Ray, Tiash Sinha, Manash Gogoi, Shekhar Krishnan, Arpita Bhattacharyya

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 11/2017

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To the Editor: Undernutrition, prevalent in 8–60%, results in delay in treatment, dose-reductions, complications, and prolonged hospital-stay in children with cancer [1]. We performed a retrospective audit from the first anthropometric records for children <18 y, diagnosed with malignancy between January–December 2016, after ethical approval by the hospital committee. Weight-for-height/length for ≤5 y old, and body-mass-index for >5 y old children were calculated. Z-score < −2SD was classified as ‘undernutrition,’ < −3SD as ‘severe undernutrition,’ and > + 2SD as ‘overweight’. …
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Metadata
Title
Undernutrition in Pediatric Malignancy
Authors
Anirban Das
Reshma Ray
Tiash Sinha
Manash Gogoi
Shekhar Krishnan
Arpita Bhattacharyya
Publication date
01-11-2017
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 11/2017
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-017-2399-9

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