A U T H O R S ’ C O N C L U S I O N S
Implications for practice
We identified only one small randomized controlled trial. This review does not provide evidence for or against the need for nutritional support in children during the first week of critical illness; nor does it provide evidence for or against an optimal route of nutritional support in children during the first week of critical illness. Further evidence from randomized controlled trials is needed to support statements regarding the importance or lack of importance of early nutritional support in critically ill children.