Metabolism and nutritional frontiers in pediatric surgical patients.
The successful treatment of pediatric surgical disease requires an understanding of the acute metabolic stress response. Poor clinical outcome can result when the metabolic demands of acute injury exceed the ability of endogenous host mechanisms to compensate. Appropriate exogenous supplementation may provide the metabolic and nutritional support crucial to recovery. As knowledge in this area grows, more effective treatment strategies are evolving. The potential for further advances, especially in the infant critical care population, offers the hope for substantial progress in the near future.
Chwals
W J
WJ
Department of General Surgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006128:Growth / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008660:Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*