Enteral Enigmas: Navigating Common Feeding Tube Challenges and Complications (SU25)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 23, 2025

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-029-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Identify medications commonly responsible for feeding tube occlusion and describe possible solutions.
  • Describe complications associated with feeding tube replacement through the nose and abdominal wall and evaluate current practices.
  • Identify and explain the causes for feeding tube occlusions and compare current standards and commercially available resources for restoring tube patency.

 

Topics & Presenters

Tube Occlusions Due to Medications: A Pharmacist’s Perspective

Mark Klang
RPh, PhD

Core Manager, Research Pharmacy

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Providing Safe Passage: Understanding and Mitigating the Risks of Feeding Tube Placement

Shirley Paski
MD, MSc, FRCPC, CNSC

Gastroenterologist

Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Clearing the Way: Managing Feeding Tube Clogs to Restore Enteral Nutrition Delivery

Jesse James
MS, RDN, CNSC

Registered Dietitian

Williamson Medical Center

Franklin, TN

Moderators:

D. Dante Yeh

MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM, FASPEN, CNSC

Chief of Emergency General Surgery

Denver Health

Professor of Surgery

Denver Health

Denver, CO