New anthropometric classification scheme of preoperative nutritional status in children: a retrospective observational cohort study

• Main Authors: Anne Stey (Author), Joni Ricks-Oddie (Author), Sheila Innis (Author), Shawn J Rangel (Author), R Lawrence Moss (Author), Bruce L Hall (Author), Albert Dibbins (Author), Erik D Skarsgard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective WHO uses anthropometric classification scheme of childhood acute and chronic malnutrition based on low body mass index (BMI) ('wasting') and height for age ('stunting'), respectively. The goal of this study was to describe a novel two-axis nutritional classification sch...