TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Drug–Nutrient Interactions A1 - Lehman, Joy A2 - Goday, Praveen S. A2 - Mehta, Nilesh M. Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition AB - From the time a fetus is viable through adolescence, the body is undergoing exponential growth and development. However, the development of organ function and body composition does not occur in a linear fashion. How the body processes nutrients and medications from birth through age 2 changes rapidly. There is also a significant change as the body begins the growth spurt through adolescence.1 Critical illness, whether in the setting of extreme prematurity, sepsis, or chronic illness, may significantly impact growth and development as well as organ function. Electrolyte abnormalities, glucose intolerance, and protein malnutrition are common in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patient.2 Medications may impact these changes, and likewise the organ function disruptions that occur in critical illness may affect how the body processes medications.3 When considering drug–nutrient interactions within the PICU setting, the clinician should consider the physiologic state of the patient, as well as the pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and therapeutic properties of both medications and nutrients. There is a delicate balance between maintaining nutritional and therapeutic goals in the PICU setting, but these should never be considered mutually exclusive. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/25 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105178839 ER -