Statistical Risk Characteristics and Risk Scoring of Hospital-Acquired Malnutrition for Pediatric Patients

Table 2

Number of patients due to risk factors or characteristics related to HaM.

Patient characteristics	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Sex
Male	173
Female	135
Age
Infant	46
Toddler	58
Preschool	62
School age	82
Adolescence	60
Medical diagnosis
Cardiac	6
Respiratory	46
Neurology	16
Oncology	143
Infectious	8
Others	89
Diet
Regular food	187	187	186	178	159
Soft food	21	21	18	17	13
Liquid food	83	88	90	85	83
Other foods	17	12	6	6	5
Nutrition route
Oral	231	234	228	217	195
Parenteral	34	32	31	28	24
Enteral	43	42	41	41	41
Pain
Yes	65	59	60	46	47
No	243	249	240	240	213
Dyspnea
Yes	59	56	52	46	38
No	249	252	248	240	221
NEWS score
Green	258	260	260	253	231
Yellow	47	46	39	31	26
Orange	3	2	1	2	3
Red	0	0	0	0	0
Number of patients	308	308	300	286	260