D I S C U S S I O N
Nutritional support in children in the paediatric intensive care unit is considered important by most intensivists (van der Kuip
2004). Nevertheless, there are limited data on which to base optimal practice for nutritional support during the first week of critical illness in these children. Although it seems almost intuitively obvious that nutritional support early during critical illness would be of benefit, this has not been demonstrated in adults or children (Way 2007).