| 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:
- Past medical history as it impacts nutritional status and
outcomes
- Anthropometric measures: weight, length, head circumference (for
children < 3 years of age)
- Dietary intake history: as available from parents or primary
caretakers, history of feeding problems, loss of appetite, recent
weight loss
- Laboratory values: Basic Metabolic Panel, Hepatic Panel,
prealbumin, as available
- Nutrition based exam to identify nutrition deficiency lesions
- History of and need for further nutrition education for specialized
formula or diet.
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