Nutrition Support among Critically Ill Children with AKI

Nutrition support among critically ill children with AKI.

BACKGROUND Critically ill children are at high risk of underfeeding and AKI, which may lead to further nutritional deficiencies. This study aimed to determine the adequacy of nutrition support during the first 5 days of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS A chart review of pediatric patients admitted to the pediatric ICU for >72 hours between August 2...

Giving nutrition support to critically ill adults.

Patients who become critically ill can have problems maintaining nutritional intake and it can be challenging for nurses to provide nutritional support. No one assessment method can identify each patient's risk of malnutrition, so nurses need to look at different aspects in their nutritional assessment and refer for specialist help from dietitians and nutrition support teams when needed. This a...

Plasma catalytic iron, AKI, and death among critically ill patients.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Catalytic iron has been hypothesized to be a key mediator of AKI. However, the association between plasma catalytic iron levels and AKI has not been well studied in humans. DESIGN, SETTINGS, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS A single-center, prospective, nonconsecutive cohort study of 121 critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) between 2008 and 201...

A.S.P.E.N. Clinical Guidelines: nutrition support of the critically ill child.

Avoidable Causes of Delayed Enteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Children

To evaluate the incidence of delayed enteral nutrition (EN) and identify avoidable causes of delay, we retrospectively reviewed medical records of 200 children (median age [range]; 37.5 [1-216] months) who stayed in the intensive care unit (ICU) for a minimum of 3 days. Among 200 children, 115 received EN following ICU admission with a median time of EN initiation of 5 days after admission. Of ...