editorial Effect of Nutritional Assessment on Prognosis in a Critical Patient
Saliha Senel*
Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey
*Corresponding authors: Saliha Senel, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazit University, Telsizler, 06080, Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90-3123056185; Fax: +90-3123170353; Email: drsaliha007@yahoo.com.tr
Received Date: 22
November, 2018; Accepted Date: 28 December,
2018; Published Date: 31 December,
2018
Citation: Senel S (2018) Effect of
Nutritional Assessment on Prognosis in a Critical Patient. Emerg Med Inves: EMIG-188.
DOI: 10.29011/2475-5605.000088.
Editorial
The
development of malnutrition is relatively high in hospitalized children because
of increased metabolic need in the process of disease, inadequate calorie
intake, concomitant drug use, and neglected diet during the treatment of the
disease.
This
risk is particularly high in children who are in intensive care units and who
do not have a good reserve [1]. The development of malnutrition is related with
infections, delay in wound healing, impairment of gastrointestinal functions,
prolongation of mechanical ventilation and hospitalization and increased
morbidity/mortality [2,3]. American Society of Parenteral-Enteral Nutrition
(ASPEN) recommends that all children admitted to intensive care units should be
screened for nutritional status and those with high risk for malnutrition
should be identified [4].
A
study by Akyıldız and Vatansever [3] recommended protein energy malnutrition to
be included in the evaluation criteria as well as many scoring systems used in
determining the mortality in child intensive care units.
It
is necessary to increase the awareness of evaluating the nutritional status of
critical ill children to contribute significant benefits to the prognosis.
3.
Akyıldız BN, Vatansever Z
(2017) The effect of protein energy malnutrition on mortality and morbidity in
the critically ill child. Turkish Journal of Pediatric Disease 2017.
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