Impact of malnutrition on the outcome and length of hospital stay in elective pediatric surgical patients: prospective cohort study at tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia
Abstract Background Pediatric surgical patients in low and middle-income countries suffer from malnutrition on top of the surgical pathology and post-operative stress which increases post-operative morbidity and mortality. Malnutrition is highly prevalent in Africa and is expected to impact the outc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Nutrition |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-023-00788-9 |