Abstract
The Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) status of 1378 children, hospitalized in the infirmary of the Pediatrics Department of a Medical School in Campinas (Brasil), was evaluated using a weight for age criterion with four classes: Eutrophic (E), first, second and third degree malnutrition (M1, M2, M3) with limits Mean (M) minus one Standard Deviation (SD), M-2.5SD and M-4SD. The prevalence of PEM was 66.6% (40.7% Ml, 17.7% M2 and 8.20%/M3). Infectious Pathologies of the Lower Respiratory Tract (IPLRT) and diarrheas are responsible for 24.7% and 18.48% of the Definitive Hospitalization Diagnostic (DHD), being the two groups of pathologies with greatest prevalence. Length of Hospitalization Time (LHT) increases markedly with malnutrition, specially for diarrheas, but E and M1 patients have similar behavior, as well as M2 and M3 ones. M-2.5SD (weight for age) could then be a limit to distinguish high risk patients. †Address: Luis M. Guimarey. Rua Benjamim Constant no. 1657 (Santa Casa). Depto. de Pediatria,...
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