Nutrition Support Updates in Pediatric Critical Care (M30)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 24, 2025

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-046-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

Pediatric Content

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Determine the nutrition requirements of children with burns throughout the course of treatment.
  • Explain the metabolic requirements needed to promote growth while counteracting the stress response during critical illness in children.
  • Describe the risks associated with enteral feeding in children receiving extracorporeal life support.

Topics & Presenters

Nutrition Management for Children With Burns

Pablo Aguayo
MD, FACS, FAAP

Medical Director, Burn Program

Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Medical Director, Wound Care and General Surgery

Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

Nutrition in Critical Illness

Sharon Irving
PhD, CRNP, FCCM, FAAN, FASPEN

Professor of Pediatric Nursing

Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Enteral Feeding in Children Receiving Extracorporeal Life Support

Kera McNelis
MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Neonatology, Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Atlanta, GA

Moderators:

Biren Modi

MD, MPH

Surgical Director

Thyroid Center & CAIR, Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA