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. 2022 May 17;9(5):731. doi: 10.3390/children9050731
ASPEN American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
ESPHAGAN European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
WHO World Health Organization
CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
BMI Body Mass Index
MUAC Mid Upper Arm Circumference
WFH/L Weight-for-height/length
HFA Height-for-age
AUC Area under the ROC curve
Se Sensitivity
Sp Specificity
NPV Negative predictive value
PPV Positive predictive value
SGNA Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment
SGA Subjective Global Assessment
PNST Paediatric Nutrition Screening Tool
STAMP Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Paediatrics
PYMS Paediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score
SCAN Nutrition Screening tool for childhood Cancer
PNSS Pediatric Nutritional Screening Score
SANSI St Andrews Healthcare Nutrition Screening Instrument
PG-SGA Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment of nutritional status
CANSCORE Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status and the Score
PeDiSMART Pediatric Digital Scaled MAlnutrition Risk screening Tool
PNRT Paediatric Nutrition Rescreening Tool
iNEWS Infant Early Nutrition Warning Score
SPENS Simple PEdiatric Nutritional risk Screening tool