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Objective To monitor the changes of resting energy expenditure in ventilated critically ill children,to compare the results of standard equations and indirect calorimetry (IC) in predicting energy expenditure,and to investigate the possible influence factors of the metabolic status of the critically ill children.Methods From September 2012 to September 2013,56 critically ill children on assisted ventilation and fitting the requirements of IC in pediatric intensive care unit of Shanghai Children's Medical Center were enrolled in this prospective study.IC measurements were performed using metabolic cart on day 1,4,7,10 after trachea intubation.General clinical data of these children were recorded.Results 130 IC measurements were performed in the 56 children.The measured resting energy expenditure (MREE) did not exhibit significant differences among day 1,4,7,and 10 (P =0.379).Although there were no significant differences between MREE and energy expenditure predicted with Schofield and WHO equations (P =0.917,P =0.995),the agreement was poor between the measured and predicted values (R2 =0.185,R2 =0.322).The metabolic status of the children on day 1 of ventilation was only correlated with age (P =0.000) and height (P =0.027),not with severity of underlying diseases or clinical outcomes.Conclusions MREE of IC method in ventilated critically ill children did not significantly change over time in this study.A poor agreement was observed between equationpredicted energy expenditure and MREE.IC measurement of resting energy expenditure is recommended for guiding individual nutritional support among critically ill children so as to improve clinical outcome.
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Objective To assess the nutritional status of critically ill children and the nutritional intake during their stay in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU),and analyze the correlation factors of nutritional deftciencies.Methods One hundred and twenty-seven patients who met the PICU admission standards with a PICU stay of ＞72 h were recruited from June to October 2012 in Shanghai Children's Medical Center.Anthropometric measurements and all nutrition-related indicators of those patients were recorded from day 1 to day 10.Results 59 of the 127 patients (46.5％) showed malnutrition at admission,in which 49.2％ had severe malnutrition.65 of the 127 patients (51.2％) showed malnutrition at discharge,in which 63.1％ were severely malnourished.Median estimated energy requirements (EER) by American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition was 376.7 kJ/ (kg · d) [interquartile range,IQR:314.0～376.7 kJ/ (kg · d)],prescribed calories were 237.8 kJ/ (kg· d) [IQR:159.5 ～291.8 kJ/ (ks· d)],and delivered calories were 220.2 kJ/ (kg· d)[IQR:132.3 ～ 279.2 k J/ (kg · d)],showing significant difference (P =0.000).The delivered energy was ＜90％ of EER in 80.7％ of the 1021 recorded days and the prescribed energy was ＜90％ of EER in 74.3％of the 1021 recorded days.The cumulative calory deficiency from day 1 to day 10 in PICU was (933.5 ±745.5) kJ/ (kg · person),and the cumulative protein deficiency was (4.0 ±5.0) g/ (kg · person).83 patients (65.4％) experienced at least one feeding interruption.Altogether 170 times of feeding interruption were recorded,of which 117 (68.8％) could be explained by examination procedures.Conclusions There is a high prevalence of malnutrition in critically ill children at admission into PICU,and their nutritional status deteriorates during hospital stay.Discrepancies between required and delivered energy were mainly attributed to under-prescription,while discrepancies between prescribed and delivered energy were mainly attributed to feeding interruptions.Appropriate care for these children entails early nutritional risk screening and correct nutrition support to avoid nutritional deficiencies.
