Nutritional Status, Social Determinants of Health and Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Children
Malnourished critically ill children who were disproportionately non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and Asian had worse hospital outcomes, including prolonged hospital and PICU length of stay, increased time on mechanical ventilation, and a higher risk of mortality.
Authors
- Jorge A. Coss‐Bu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3852-0704)
- Stephanie Vazquez
- Paola Hong-Zhu
- Marwa Mansour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2315-5825)
- Fernando Stein
- Thomas Fogarty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5109-8525)
- M. Hossein Tcharmtchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-2123)
- Andrea Marroquín
- Yash Desai
- Nicole Knebusch
Institutions
- Texas Tech University (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Texas Children's Hospital (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Children
- Published
- 2025-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children12030390
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82