Optimal Nutrition Therapy in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
- 15/08/2013
A significant proportion of infants and children admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are malnourished, and further deterioration of nutrition status has been observed dur- ing the course of critical illness. The prevalence of obesity is also rising in the PICU, and is as- sociated with higher rates of complications, increased length of stay, and loss of muscle tissue in this population
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