RT Book, Section
A1 Skillman, Heather E.
A2 Goday, Praveen S.
A2 Mehta, Nilesh M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105178982
T1 Enteral Nutrition in the Critically ill Child
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=1105178982
RD 2024/04/17
AB Enteral  nutrition  (EN)  is  the  preferred  method  of  nutrition  support  in  critically  ill  children,  as  parenteral  nutrition  (PN)  is  associated  with  increased  costs,  infections,  and  other  complications.1  Enteral  feeding  is  tolerated  by  most  pediatric  intensive  care  unit  (PICU)  patients  and  can  effectively  meet  energy  and  protein  goals.  The  time  from  admission  to  initiation,  route,  composition,  and  cumulative  intake  of  EN  have  the  potential  to  positively  influence  the  course  of  critical  illness.  Multiple  obstacles  to  enteral  feeding  are  common  to  the  PICU  environment;  these  must  be  anticipated  and  minimized  to  achieve  improved  outcomes  with  EN  therapy.