Common nutritional issues in pediatric and adult critical care medicine.
This article discusses many of the nutritional topics important to the intensivist. Nutritional assessment, substrate immunonutrition, and disease specific issues are presented. Early introduction of enteral feeds and the use of nutritional modulation are emphasized.
Schears
G J
GJ
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, USA.
Deutschman
C S
CS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005527:Food, Fortified; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods*