Preventing Underfeeding and Overfeeding: A Clinician’s Guide to the Acquisition and Implementation of Indirect Calorimetry

Data to support the procurement of IC are vital to promote best practice to measure energy expenditure. Critically ill pediatric patients exhibit metabolic alterations that cannot be predicted by standard equations. Our QI initiative demonstrated the implementation and application of IC in the critically ill population and the ability to target energy provision to prevent energy imbalances.