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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 32, 1320-1325, Copyright © 1979 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
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RJ Merritt and RM Suskind
A nutrition survey in a pediatric referral center revealed one-third of patients had evidence of acute malnutrition. Weight for height was below 90% of standard in 46 of 129 (36%), arm muscle area was below the 15th percentile in 67 of 180 (37%), triceps skinfold was below the 15th percentile in 34 of 181 (19%), and total lymphocyte count was below 1500 in 26 of 137 (19%) subjects. Protein-energy malnutrition may be an important contributor to prolonged hospitalization and hospital- acquired morbidity amond United States pediatric patients.
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