Preconference Course
Date & Time:
March 22, 2025
7:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
Format:
In Person
CE Credits:
4.0 Hours
UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-015-L99-P
Course level:
Intermediate
Pediatric Content
What You'll Learn
This pre-conference will provide invaluable information and practice applications to support clinicians in providing optimal nutrition support for medically complex pediatric populations.
The foundation of nutrition support is an accurate assessment of nutrition status. Completing an assessment of a child with mobility impairment and neurodevelopmental challenges can present additional challenges. The nutrition assessment of children who are critically ill, including those with congenital heart disease, will also be reviewed as these populations have specific nutrition requirements.
Following nutrition assessment, determining an individualized nutrition plan is crucial. This topic will be covered in presentations on human milk, highlighting which patients can benefit from receiving it, as well as in presentations on how to best deliver nutrition support. Enteral nutrition administration will be discussed, including the complexities of chyme reinfusion, which is critically important for gut health in patients with high-output stomas and has been historically challenging to execute. This course will also review common parenteral nutrition complexities and strategies for management.
- State treatment methods that have been successful at facilitating enteral autonomy in children with intestinal failure.
- Describe the benefits of human milk for hospitalized infants in the neonatal intensive care unit and in other clinical settings.
- Explain targeted nutrition care plans designed to meet the nutrition requirements of a child with neurological impairment pre-operatively.
- Describe adjustments to optimal nutrition interventions in response to a patient’s surgical course, both pre- and post-cardiac intervention.
Presenters & Topics
Kyle Hampson
PharmD, BCNSP, BCPPS, CNSC, FASPENAssistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, Long Island University
Vikram Raghu
MD, MSAssistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Transplant Hepatologist
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Gina Rempel
MD, FRCPC, FASPENMedical Lead, Pediatric Nutrition Support and Complex Care Pediatrician
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Children’s Hospital Winnipeg
Gil Hardy
PhD, FRSC, FASPENDirector
Ipanema Research Trust
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Nutrition
Massey University
Maria Coelho
PhDResearch Engineer
Sensory Biology, Lund University
Celina Cowan
MS, RD, CSPCC, LD, CNSCManager of Nutrition Sciences
Akron Children's Hospital
Emily Finnan
MS, RD, LDN, CNSCClinical Nutrition Specialist II
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital
Judy Milliano
MS, RD, LD, CNSCClinical Nutrition Specialist I
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital
Moderator: Anita Nucci
PhD, RD, LD, FASPEN
Associate Dean for Academics
Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University
Professor, Nutrition
Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University