RT Book, Section
A1 Goday, Praveen S.
A1 Mehta, Nilesh M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105178323
T1 Preface
T2 Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179852-5
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105178323
RD 2024/04/17
AB The  provision  of  optimal  nutrition  to  the  critically  ill  child,  to  offset  the  catabolic  effects  of  the  illness  or  injury  and  to  enhance  clinical  outcomes,  is  an  important  objective  for  healthcare  providers.  The  last  decade  has  seen  a  resurgence  in  interest  in  this  area  of  critical  care,  with  an  increasing  number  of  research  publications  and  consensus  documents.  The  field  of  critical  care  nutrition  has  evolved,  and  clear  associations  between  bedside  nutrient  delivery  and  outcomes  have  been  demonstrated.  Nutrition  delivery  is  no  longer  just  supportive  care,  but  it  is  now  recognized  as  an  important  therapy  with  nutrients  that  can  modulate  disease.  Despite  the  enthusiasm  and  the  explosion  in  research  on  the  subject,  there  are  many  unanswered  questions,  and  the  quest  for  best  practices  remains  elusive,  especially  in  the  pediatric  intensive  care  unit  (PICU).  The  individual  practitioner—the  trainee,  the  intensivist,  the  dietitian,  the  nurse—is  left  with  a  number  of  practical  questions  on  the  nutritional  management  of  the  individual  child  in  the  PICU.