2.I.3 Nutrition in critical illness and injury
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Videos
- Overview of Pediatric Nutritional NeedsDr. Penelope NealVideo
- Parenteral Nutrition Order Writing Basic in Adults and PediatricsGASPEN GAVideo
- Parenteral Nutrition: Indications and Practical Applications by K. Ariagno, et al. | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- The Multidisciplinary Team Effect on Neonatal Feeding Outcomes in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive CareJohns Hopkins MedicineVideo
- Evidence in Nutrition Practice: Global Practices in Pediatric Intensive Care Units - Channel ONEBaxter Non-Promotional Medical Education HubVideo
- Managing Hyperglycemia in Parenteral NutritionSCCMVideo
- Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition NeedsAmanda Haney [Legro] MS RD CNSCVideo
Guidelines and evidence
- Adherence to who severe acute malnutrition guidelines and mortality in critically ill children ‒ A cohort study in a pediatric intensive care unit.Nutrición Hospitalaria (journal), 2026Guideline or evidence
- A Mixed Lipid Emulsion for Prevention of Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial.The Journal of Pediatrics, 2018Guideline or evidence
- Guideline: updates on the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and childrenWorld Health Organization, 2013Guideline or evidence
- Expert consensus‑based clinical practice guidelines for nutritional support in the intensive care unit: the French Intensive Care Society (SRLF) and the French-Speaking Group of Pediatric Emergency Physicians and Intensivists (GFRUP).French Intensive Care Society (SRLF) / GFRUP, 2025Guideline or evidence
- Point-of-care ultrasound in nutrition assessment and enteral nutrition management of critically ill children: a scoping review.Frontiers in Nutrition, 2026Guideline or evidence
- Nutritional support for children during critical illness: European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) metabolism, endocrine and nutrition section position statement and clinical recommendations.ESPNIC, 2020Guideline or evidence
- Standardised neonatal parenteral nutrition formulations - an Australasian group consensus 2012.Australasian Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition Consensus Group, 2014Guideline or evidence
- Continuous versus Intermittent Enteral Feeding in Critically Ill Children: A Systematic Review.Nutrients (MDPI), 2023Guideline or evidence
- Improved nutrient intake following implementation of the consensus standardised parenteral nutrition formulations in preterm neonates--a before-after intervention study.BMC Pediatrics, 2014Guideline or evidence
- Association between enteral feeding guideline implementation and early enteral nutrition in children with critical bronchiolitis: An uncontrolled before-after study.JPEN (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition), 2026Guideline or evidence
- The Impact of Early Enteral Nutrition on Post-operative Hospital Stay and Complications in Infants Undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of Caring Sciences, 2023Guideline or evidence
- Outcomes of Delaying Parenteral Nutrition for 1 Week vs Initiation Within 24 Hours Among Undernourished Children in Pediatric Intensive Care: A Subanalysis of the PEPaNIC Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA Network Open, 2018Guideline or evidence
- Nutrition in Critically Ill Children with AKI on Continuous RRT: Consensus Recommendations.Kidney360 (multidisciplinary paediatric nephrology and nutrition expert panel), 2024Guideline or evidence
- Effect of withholding early parenteral nutrition in PICU on ketogenesis as potential mediator of its outcome benefit.Critical Care (PEPaNIC investigators), 2020Guideline or evidence
- Oral feeding for infants and children receiving nasal continuous positive airway pressure and high flow nasal cannula: a systematic review.BMC Pediatrics, 2021Guideline or evidence