Estimated height from knee height or ulna length and self-reported height are no substitute for actual height in inpatients

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• 作者：Flá ; via Moraes Silva ; R.D. ; Ph.D.^a ; ^{Flavia.moraes.silva@hotmail.com} ; Luciane Figueira ; R.D.^b
• 关键词：Forearm length ; Knee height ; Self-reported height ; Hospitalized patients ; Height estimation
• 刊名：Nutrition
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：33
• 期：Complete
• 页码：52-56
• 全文大小：422 K
• 卷排序：33

文摘

Ulna length applied in the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool equation for estimating height is not a possible approach to obtaining the standing height, independent of age or sex of inpatients. Height estimated from knee height led to errors in predicting height both in men and women, independent of the age (<65 or >65 y old). Self-reported height cannot be a precise measure for estimating height in hospitalized patients because it led to errors in predicting actual height, especially in men. In clinical practice, it is a necessary caution in using alternative measures to predicting actual height. Additional studies are needed to identify more precise methods for estimating actual height in hospitalized patients, according to age, sex, and ethnic group.