The effect of high fat dietary modification and nutritional status on the outcome of critically ill ventilated children: single-center study.
Nehal Mohamed El KoofyHanaa Ibrahim RadyShrouk Moataz AbdallahHafez Mahmoud BazaraaWalaa Ahmed RabieAhmed Ali El-AyadiPublished in: Korean journal of pediatrics (2019)
The high-fat enteral feeding protocol may contribute to reducing carbon dioxide tension, with mild hypertriglyceridemia and negligible gastrointestinal intolerance as potential adverse effects. Optimization of nutritional status rather than dietary modification may improve ventilatory and survival outcomes in critically ill-ventilated children.