Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
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Comparative Study
Energy expenditure in children with severe head injury: lack of agreement between measured and estimated energy expenditure.
The purpose of this study was to test the hypotheses that estimates of resting energy expenditure (REE) vary significantly from measured energy expenditure in a population of head-injured children and are not accurate for use in determining nutrition needs in this population. ⋯ Energy expenditure in critically ill children cannot be estimated accurately; hence, nutrition for critically ill children with head injury should be provided according to measurement of REE to avoid the consequences of overfeeding or malnutrition.