Enteral Nutrition in the Critically Ill Child

Over the last three decades, significant progress in thecare of the critically ill child has heightened the awarenessof the role of appropriate nutritional support inimproving survival and long-term outcomes. Sepsis,shock, major trauma and severe inflammation initiate aprofound sequence of hormonal, metabolic andimmunologic events that may increase resting energyrequirements by 30–100%.