• Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Jun 2014

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    Nutrition in the pediatric population in the intensive care unit.

    • Judy Verger.
    • Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program, Critical Care Department, School of Nursing, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, 17 Ridings Way, Chadds Ford, PA 19317, USA; Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Program, Critical Care Department, School of Nursing, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, 17 Ridings Way, Chadds Ford, PA 19317, USA; Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist Program, Critical Care Department, School of Nursing, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, 17 Ridings Way, Chadds Ford, PA 19317, USA. Electronic address: Jtv2526@yahoo.com.
    • Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2014 Jun 1;26(2):199-215.

    AbstractNutrition is an essential component of patient management in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Poor nutrition status accompanies many childhood chronic illnesses. A thorough assessment of the critically ill child is required to inform the plan for nutrition support. Accurate and clinically relevant nutritional assessment, including growth measurements, provides important guidance. Indirect calorimetry provides the most accurate measurement of resting energy expenditure, but is too often unavailable in the PICU. To prevent inappropriate caloric intake, reassessment of the child's nutrition status is imperative. Enteral nutrition is the recommended route of intake. Human milk is preferred for infants.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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