Pediatrics
Protein Energy Malnutrition
Exam Yield
| Probability of getting 1 Question from this chapter | 63% |
| Ease of Revision | 9.6 / 10 |
A Chapter with very basic clinical stuff. Not much effort required to remember these.
Question Pattern
Questions focus on assessment of nutrition, Clinical features and treatment.
Nothing high-brow, basic stuff.
Recent Questions
Questions on this chapter from recent NEET and AIIMS examinations have been about
- Indicators of nutritional status
- RDA for children
- Grading of Malnutrition
- Age-independent indices
- Rx of SAM
- Kwashiorkor – Clinical Features
- Definition of Severe Acute Malnutrition
- MUAC Tape
Suggested Revision
- Assessment of Malnutrition treatment
- Marasmus – Clinical Features
- WHO classification of nutritional status
- Refeeding syndrome