Nutritional status of neurologically impaired children: Impact on comorbidity.

[en] BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Malnutrition is common in neurologically impaired (NI) children. It is, however, ill-defined and under-diagnosed. If not recognized and treated, it increases the burden of comorbidities and affects the quality of life of these children. The aim of this study was to characterize the nutritional status of a cohort of children followed up at a reference center for cerebral palsy (CP) in Brussels, Belgium, and to investigate possible links with the occurrence of comorbidities. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted a single-center retrospective study including all the children followed up at the Inter-university Reference Center for Cerebral Palsy ULB-VUB-ULg. The data were obtained by reviewing medical files. Anthropometric measurements as well as the etiology of neurological impairment, comorbidities, feeding patterns, and laboratory test results were collected. The children were assigned a nutritional diagnosis according to the World Health Organization and Waterlow definitions. RESULTS: A total of 260 children with cerebral palsy were included, 148 males and 112 females. Their mean age was 10.9+/-4.3 years. The gross motor function classification system (GMFCS) level was I for 79 children, II for 63 children, III for 35 children, IV for 33 children, and V for 50 children. Of the children, 54% had a normal nutritional status, 34% showed malnutrition, and 8% were obese; 38% had oropharyngeal dysphagia. The sensitivity of mean upper arm circumference of

Disciplines :

Pediatrics
Gastroenterology & hepatology

Author, co-author :

Léonard, Marie ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département de Pédiatrie > Service de pédiatrie

Dain, Elena

Pelc, Karine

Dan, B.

De Laet, Corinne

Language :

English

Title :

Nutritional status of neurologically impaired children: Impact on comorbidity.

Publication date :

February 2020

Journal title :

Archives de Pédiatrie

ISSN :

0929-693X

eISSN :

1769-664X

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Issue :

Pages :

95-103

Peer reviewed :

Peer reviewed

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