Crianças com paralisia cerebral: como podemos avaliar e manejar seus aspectos nutricionais
Introduction: The population of children with cerebral palsy (CP) has grown over the years. It is estimated that has 30,000 to 40,000 new cases per year in Brazil. In this sense, health professionals must be prepared to serve this population. The classification of nutritional status appropriate for...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Associação Brasileira de Nutrologia (ABRAN) |
| Repositório: | International Journal of Nutrology (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | cerebral palsy nutritional therapy and nutritional status |
| Resumo: | Introduction: The population of children with cerebral palsy (CP) has grown over the years. It is estimated that has 30,000 to 40,000 new cases per year in Brazil. In this sense, health professionals must be prepared to serve this population. The classification of nutritional status appropriate for the population of PC, optimizes an appropriate nutritional intervention. And, it is important to consider at the time of nutritional assessment, children with CP have characteristics such as swallowing disorders and motor deficits should not be evaluated the same way as healthy children. In this sense the objective of this study is to review the literature on methods of nutritional assessment and nutritional therapy used in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Data Sources: Articles indexed in MEDLINE, SCIELO, and classical references. The words used were “cerebral palsy”, “nutrition assessment”, “growth curves” and “nutritional therapy”. Conclusions: It is observed that is not clear which methods should be used in nutritional assessment of patients with CP. In this sense, is being highlighted important aspects of nutritional care for children with CP. |
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