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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.
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.