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It is essential that children receive adequate nutrition for daily metabolic needs, growth, and recovery from illness and operation. The importance of nutrition is compounded by the fact that many children facing surgical illness have a deficit in nutrition caused by illness itself.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, 100 N. Academy Av. MC 21-70, Danville, PA, 17822, USA

    Alfred P. Kennedy Jr. MD

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

    Christopher P. Coppola

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

    Alfred P. Kennedy, Jr.

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

    Ronald J. Scorpio

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Kennedy, A.P. (2014). Nutrition. In: Coppola, C., Kennedy, Jr., A., Scorpio, R. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04340-1_2

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