Clinical nutrition : official journal of the European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
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Meta Analysis
Association between admission body mass index and outcomes in critically ill children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
The association between nutritional status at pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission with clinical outcomes remains unclear. We conducted this systematic review to summarize the overall impact of PICU admission body mass index (BMI) on clinical outcomes. ⋯ Our systematic review did not reveal any association between PICU admission BMI status and outcomes in critically ill children. Further investigation with standardized nutrition status classification on admission, stratified by patient subgroups, is needed to clarify the association between nutritional status and clinical outcomes of PICU patients.