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Abstract
Malnutrition in babies admitted in PICU interferes with the appropriate response of the body to disease and predisposes to infection and to the onset of multiorgan failure, increasing morbidity and mortality, the mean length of hospital stay, and health costs Our study was conducted to detect the serum levels of selenium, copper and prolactin in critically ill children and their effect on the outcome of those children in PICU. This study was designed on 32 critically ill children compared to 32 control from healthy children of the same age group recruited from Zagazig University Hospitals. All patents underwent full history and clinical examination. Serum levels of selenium, copper and prolactin were measured at admission and discharge. This study detected that; Critically ill children have high significant pulse, temperature and SBP while control group has high DBP. Critically ill children have high significant CRP and Ca while control has high significant Hb and total protein. Other evaluated laboratory variables do not show any significant difference. Critically ill children have high significant copper while control has high significant prolactin.