| pubmed-article:19903872 | pubmed:abstractText | To describe nutrient intake in critically ill children, identify risk factors associated with avoidable interruptions to enteral nutrition (EN), and highlight opportunities to improve enteral nutrient delivery in a busy tertiary pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Design, Setting, and Measurements: Daily nutrient intake and factors responsible for avoidable interruptions to EN were recorded in patients admitted to a 29-bed medical and surgical PICU over 4 weeks. Clinical characteristics, time to reach caloric goal, and parenteral nutrition (PN) use were compared between patients with and without avoidable interruptions to EN. | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:19903872 | pubmed:affiliation | Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesia, Department of Nursing, Division of Gastroenterology, and Nutrition and Clinical Research Program, Biostatistics Core, at Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. nilesh.mehta@childrens.harvard.edu | lld:pubmed |
