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Specialized nutrition support: the pediatric perspective
Author(s) -
Schwenk WF
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607103027003160
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , perspective (graphical) , medicine , intensive care medicine , clinical nutrition , pediatrics , pathology , computer science , artificial intelligence
Nutrition support may be more important in children than in adults. The first reports of the use of parenteral nutrition and of parentaneous endoscopic gastrostomies were in children. A number of unresolved questions in this area remain and will be answered by a coordinated effort of the nutrition community.