TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Immunonutrition A1 - Cvijanovich, Natalie Z. A1 - Manzanares, William A2 - Goday, Praveen S. A2 - Mehta, Nilesh M. PY - 2015 T2 - Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition AB - The body’s reaction to critical illness, whether from infection, surgery, or trauma, is complex and multifactorial, and survival from an insult requires the successful coordination of responses to the stress of illness. A functional immune system is essential for survival, but an appropriate balance between the pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses must be maintained. It has long been known that baseline nutritional status has effects on inflammation, oxidative status, and immune function. More recently, however, providing specific nutrients to manipulate the immune system independent of caloric or macronutrient requirements for nutrition per se has evolved as a therapeutic modality. This is the basis for what has come to be known as immunonutrition. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105179758 ER -