Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Paediatrics (STAMP) can be used to evaluate a pediatric patient for malnutrition, The score was developed at Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospital.
Parameters:
(1) underlying diagnosis (see Figure 1 page 426 for table of conditions)
(2) nutritional intake
(3) weight and height
Parameter
Finding
Points
underlying diagnosis
definite nutritional implications
3
possible nutritional implications
2
no nutritional implications
0
nutritional intake
none
3
poor or recently decreased
2
good or no change
0
weight and height on growth chart
< 2nd percentile
3
below normal and >= 2nd percentile
1
normal
0
total score =
= SUM(points for all 3 parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 9
Score
Risk of Malnutrition
0 or 1
low
2 or 3
medium
>= 4
high
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