Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5872009 | Clinical Nutrition ESPEN | 2016 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
In the current study, technical criteria to perform IC in the PICU were not met for 27% of patients and were not met on 66% of patient days. Moreover, criteria were met on only 29% of days for infants 6 months and younger where children 24 months of age and older still only met criteria on 40% of patient days. This data represents a major gap in the feasibility of current recommendations for assessing energy requirements of this population. Future studies are needed to improve methods of predicting and measuring energy requirements in critically ill children who do not meet current criteria for indirect calorimetry.
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Authors
Megan R. Beggs, Gonzalo Garcia Guerra, Bodil M.K. Larsen,