Impact of Nutritional Status on Clinical Outcome in PICU

Malnutrition is believed to be associated with clinical outcomes in ill patients and several studies have shown that nutrition status play a major role in disease prognosis in adults . Different authors have described an increase in morbidity and mortality attributable to malnutrition, as it lead to state of partial immunosuppression, delay wound healing ,causes muscular atrophy and increase length of stay.