Nutrition Focused Assessment

Infants and children at greater nutrition risk due to the above conditions will receive a complete nutrition assessment by the PICU nutritionist to include the following:

  1. Past medical history as it impacts nutritional status and outcomes
  2. Anthropometric measures: weight, length, head circumference (for children < 3 years of age)
  3. Dietary intake history: as available from parents or primary caretakers, history of feeding problems, loss of appetite, recent weight loss
  4. Laboratory values: CHEM-10, total protein/albumin, as available
  5. Nutrition based exam to identify nutrition deficiency lesions
  6. History of and need for further nutrition education for specialized formula or diet.