Enid Martinez

Dr. Enid Martinez, a Senior Associate in pediatric critical care at Boston Children's Hospital, shares her expertise on nutrition's critical role in the recovery of severely ill children. She discusses alarming rates of malnutrition in the PICU and the metabolic disruptions caused by critical illness. Listeners learn about early feeding goals and the importance of accurate energy assessments using indirect calorimetry. Enid highlights the need for multidisciplinary nutrition teams and warns against the dangers of overfeeding, which can exacerbate respiratory issues.