A stepwise enteral nutrition algorithm for critically ill children helps achieve nutrient delivery goals*.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of implementing an enteral nutrition algorithm on achieving optimal enteral nutrition delivery in the PICU.

Design

Prospective pre/post implementation audit of enteral nutrition practices.

Setting

One 29-bed medical/surgical PICU in a freestanding, university-affiliated children's hospital.

Patients

Consecutive patients admitted to the PICU over two 4-week periods pre and post implementation, with a stay of more than 24 hours who received enteral nutrition.

Interventions

Based on the results of our previous study, we developed and systematically implemented a stepwise, evidence and consensus-based algorithm for initiating, advancing, and maintaining enteral nutrition in critically ill children. Three months after impleme

SUBMITTER: Hamilton S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4156550 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature