Barriers | No of PICUs (n = 33) |
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Safety issues | |
Not convinced of the safety and/or efficacy in undernourished children | 17 |
Convinced that critically ill children need amino acids in the acute phase of illness | 15 |
Not convinced of the safety and/or efficacy in neonates | 11 |
Convinced that critically ill children need lipids in the acute phase of illness | 6 |
Not convinced of the safety in general | 4 |
Convinced that critically ill children need more glucose in the acute phase of illness | 2 |
Confirmation of results | |
Waiting for updated international guidelinesa | 11 |
Waiting for replicating studies | 11 |
Waiting for long term results | 8 |
Don’t consider these results to be cost-effective | 1 |
Structural reasons | |
Non-consensus within staff | 9 |
Otherb | 5 |
Lack of nutritional protocol | 2 |
Because of logistic reasons (i.e. arrangements with pharmacy) | 1 |
Total number of reasons | 103 |