Caferoglu, ZeynepKaya, NeşeKonyaligil, NurefsanKurtbeyoglu, EmineCavdar, MelihaFirat, SelmaToklu, Hilal2025-02-242025-02-2420230883-56911550-514610.1097/TIN.00000000000003282-s2.0-85163446277https://doi.org/10.1097/TIN.0000000000000328https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14440/989This study aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of Pediatric Nutrition Screening Tool (PNST) and Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS) in Turkish pediatric inpatients. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 996 inpatients aged 1 to 16 years. The prevalence of malnutrition was 31.8%. The PNST identified 28.7% (original cutoffs) and 62.6% (adjusted cutoffs) of patients as at risk, whereas PYMS categorized 44.3% as at high risk of malnutrition. The sensitivity of PNST with original cutoffs (52.1%) was lower than that of PYMS (85.2%) and PNST with adjusted cutoffs (83.3%), especially for acute malnutrition (67.6% vs 95.3% and 94.6%, respectively). Considering the importance of early identification and treatment of malnutrition, PYMS and PNST with adjusted cutoffs may be useful as a screening tool in this population.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesshospitalized childmalnutritionnutritional screeningPNSTPYMSArticle2713Q426238WOS:001016525600008Q4