A Prospective, Cohort Study of the Effect of Acute and Chronic Malnutrition on Length of Stay in Children Having Surgery in Rwanda

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is common in pediatric surgical patients, but there are little data from low-income countries that estimate the association of malnutrition with surgical outcomes. We aimed to determine the prevalence of malnutrition and its association with length of stay (LOS) among pediat...

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Main Authors: Bould, M.D (Author), McIsaac, D.I (Author), Seneza, C. (Author), Twagirumugabe, T. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NLM (Medline) 2022
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