Pediatric clinics of North America
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New techniques for meeting the special metabolic requirements of the pediatric patient and the specific nutritional needs created by different disease states have become available both in enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition. Assessment of nutritional status and requirements of critically ill children are outlined, and the indications, techniques of administration, and complications of the available nutritional modalities are discussed.
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This article discusses the role of the pediatric emergency transport system as an outreach modality of the pediatric intensive care unit. Most of the discussion focuses on the Denver model.