Chapter 7
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Enteral
Parenteral
Total
Day after Inclusion
Day after Inclusion
Day after Inclusion
No. in PICU
Late PN
Early PN
723
399
216
139
93
717
348
159
103
63
723
399
216
139
93
717
348
159
103
63
723
717
399
216
139
93
348
159
103
63
Early PN
Late PN
kcal/kg/day
Weight Category
(10 - 20 kg)
d1
d4
d8
d12
d16
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
d1
d4
d8
d12
d16
d1
d4
d8
d12
d16
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
kcal/kg/day
Weight Category
(> 20 kg)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
d1
d4
d8
d12
d16
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
d1
d4
d8
d12
d16
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
d1
d4
d8
d12
d16
kcal/kg/day
Weight Category
(0 – 10 kg)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
d1
d4
d8
d12
d16
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
d1
d4
d8
d12
d16
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
d1
d4
d8
d12
d16
Supplementary Figure 2.
Caloric intake per kg for weight categories
Daily amount of energy in kcal/kg/day, for three weight categories (<10 kg, 10-20 kg and >20 kg), for the
first 16 days of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) stay provided by the enteral route, the parenteral route
or both (total). Bars represent the mean and the whiskers represent the standard error of the mean (SEM).
The red bars represent the late parenteral nutrition (PN) group; the blue bars represent the early PN group.




