@article{JTD8463,
author = {Piyagarnt Vichayavilas and Katja Gist and Jon Kaufman},
title = {More and sooner, but not necessarily better},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {8},
number = {8},
year = {2016},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Critically ill children have generalized nutrition compromise. The timing of parenteral nutrition (PN) initiation has been under debate in both adults and children. A recent report of a multi-national randomized control trial in children demonstrated clinical superiority of delaying initiation of parental nutrition, and was associated with improved clinical outcomes and a lower rate of infection. In this editorial, we discuss our communication with the authors and our experience in a large cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) in the United States where improved nutrition delivery, and early PN, has improved weight-for-age z-score (WAZ) but has not shown any difference in length of hospital stay or reduced ventilator times.},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/8463}
}