Prealbumin and Retinol Binding Proteins Are Not Usable for Nutrition Follow-Up in Pediatric Intensive Care Units

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Tekguc H., ÖZEL D., SANALDI H., Akbas H., DURSUN O.

PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY HEPATOLOGY & NUTRITION, vol.21, no.4, pp.321-328, 2018 (ESCI, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.5223/pghn.2018.21.4.321
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY HEPATOLOGY & NUTRITION
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.321-328
  • Keywords: Nutritional status, Intensive care units, Child, Critical illness, Prealbumin, Retinol-binding proteins, CRITICALLY-ILL CHILDREN, ENTERAL NUTRITION, ENERGY-EXPENDITURE, SERUM-PREALBUMIN, SUPPORT, MALNUTRITION, SEVERITY, OUTCOMES, BALANCE, RISK
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: Feeding children is a problem in pediatric intensive care units (PICU) and it is difficult to know the correct amount. The purpose of this study is to evaluate if prealbumin or retinol binding proteins (RBP) are effective relative to daily enteral nutrition, without being affected by severity of diseases or infections and can be used to follow up nutritional amount.