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Worldwide survey of nutritional practices in PICUs

CONCLUSION

In terms of requirements, timing and route, nutritional practices among critically ill children vary greatly between PICUs worldwide. Even the limited available guidelines are not consistently followed, and high-level evidence is urgently needed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank theWorld Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies for their support of this survey. We are also very grateful to all respondents and PICUs for their participation, and especially to the PICUs that participated in the point prevalence study.

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