Estimating Energy Expenditure in Critically Ill Children: Still Shooting in the Dark?

J Pediatr. 2017 May:184:10-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.01.061. Epub 2017 Feb 21.

Authors

Craig D Smallwood¹, Nilesh M Mehta²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Critical Care Medicine Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine Boston Children's Hospital.
² Division of Critical Care Medicine Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine Boston Children's Hospital; Center for Nutrition Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: nilesh.mehta@childrens.harvard.edu.

PMID: 28233543
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.01.061

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Keywords: children; critically ill; equations; indirect calorimetry; resting energy expenditure.

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MeSH terms

Calorimetry, Indirect*
Child
Critical Illness*
Energy Metabolism
Humans
Rest