RT Book, Section
A1 Fisher, Jeremy
A1 Khan, Faraz
A1 Sparks, Eric
A1 Jaksic, Tom
A2 Goday, Praveen S.
A2 Mehta, Nilesh M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105179675
T1 Nutritional Support of the Pediatric Surgical ICU Patient
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=1105179675
RD 2024/04/24
AB Appropriate  nutritional  support  is  essential  to  the  care  of  children  undergoing  surgery,  not  only  to  assure  appropriate  wound  healing  and  convalescence,  but  also  to  ensure  normal  future  growth.  The  limited  lean  body  mass  of  neonates  and  children  makes  them  particularly  sensitive  to  injury-induced  catabolism  and  its  associated  morbidity  and  mortality.  Despite  this  catabolic  response,  a  carefully  designed  nutritional  support  regimen  can  spur  anabolism.  Without  question,  the  advancement  of  nutritional  therapy,  including  parenteral  nutrition,  has  played  a  key  role  in  improved  survival  of  a  number  of  neonatal  and  childhood  surgical  conditions.