• Am. J. Clin. Nutr. · Nov 2001

    Energy metabolism, nitrogen balance, and substrate utilization in critically ill children.

    • J A Coss-Bu, W J Klish, D Walding, F Stein, E O Smith, and L S Jefferson.
    • Sections of Critical Care, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA. jorgec@bcm.tmc.edu
    • Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2001 Nov 1; 74 (5): 664-9.

    BackgroundCritically ill patients are characterized by a hypermetabolic state, a catabolic response, higher nutritional needs, and a decreased capacity for utilization of parenteral substrate.ObjectiveWe sought to analyze the relation between a patient's metabolic state and their nutritional intake, substrate utilization, and nitrogen balance (NB) in mechanically ventilated, critically ill children receiving parenteral nutrition.DesignThis was a cross-sectional study in which resting energy expenditure (REE) and NB were measured and substrate utilization and the metabolic index (MI) ratio (REE/expected energy requirements) were calculated.ResultsThirty-three children (mean age: 5 y) participated. Their average REE was 0.23 +/- 0.10 MJ x kg(-1) x d(-1) and their average MI was 1.2 +/- 0.5. Mean energy intake, protein intake, and NB were 0.25 +/- 0.14 MJ x kg(-1) x d(-1), 2.1 +/- 1 g x kg(-1) x d(-1), and -89 +/- 166 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1), respectively. Patients with an MI >1.1 (n = 19) had a higher fat oxidation than did patients with an MI <1.1 (n = 14; P < 0.05). Patients with lipogenesis (n = 13) had a higher carbohydrate intake than did patients without lipogenesis (n = 20; P < 0.05). Patients with a positive NB (n = 12) had a higher protein intake than did patients with a negative NB (n = 21; P < 0.001) and lower protein oxidation (P < 0.01).ConclusionsCritically ill children are hypermetabolic and in negative NB. In this population, fat is used preferentially for oxidation and carbohydrate is utilized poorly. A high carbohydrate intake was associated with lipogenesis and less fat oxidation, a negative NB was associated with high oxidation rates for protein, and a high protein intake was associated with a positive NB.

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