title: Is it necessary to measure resting energy expenditure in clinical practice in children?
abstract: We compared measured resting energy expenditure (MREE) and predicted resting energy expenditure (PREE) in 398 chronically ill children and found a wide variability for %MREE/PREE (standard deviation +/- 27.2). Bland-Altman analysis also suggested poor agreement between MREE and PREE (mean bias, 43.2 kcal; range, -645 to 1118.1 kcal). Our findings suggest that resting energy expenditure should be measured in chronically ill children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Yaseer A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Shakur
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Pencharz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012146:Rest; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index