Jornal de pediatria
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Jornal de pediatria · Mar 2002
[The influence of poor nutrition on the necessity of mechanical ventilation among children admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit].
To determine the relation between children's nutritional status when they are admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the necessity and length of mechanical ventilation and the mortality rate. ⋯ In our study, we could demonstrate that malnourishment in children under 4 years old admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit represented a decisive factor on evolution, increasing significantly the necessity and the length of mechanical ventilation as well as the length of stay at the pediatric intensive care unit.