Making the GRADE: Methodology and Recommendations From ASPEN’s New Guidelines for Prescribing Parenteral Nutrition to Preterm Infants (SA31)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Explain distinctions between strengths of recommendations made versus quality of evidence considered with each recommendation
2. Integrate guideline recommendations into clinical practice and educate healthcare team members as to rationale in changes
3. Identify knowledge gaps that remain for prescribing parenteral nutrition to preterm infants

PRESENTERS AND TOPICS
Guidelines for the Prescribing of Parenteral Nutrition to Preterm Infants: Amino Acids
Daniel Robinson, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Guidelines for the Prescribing of Parenteral Nutrition to Preterm Infants: Lipid Injectable Emulsions
Kara Calkins, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Neonatalogy, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Guidelines for the Prescribing of Parenteral Nutrition to Preterm Infants: Methods for Developing Guideline Questions, Assessing the Literature and Making Recommendations
Gustave Falciglia, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Guidelines for the Prescribing of Parenteral Nutrition to Preterm Infants: Additional Questions and Recommendations
Mary Petrea Cober, PharmD, BCNSP, BCPPS, FASPEN, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - NICU/Professor - Pharmacy Practice, Department of Pharmacy, Akron Children's Hospital/Northeast Ohio Medical University, Akron, OH

Moderator
Yimin Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

This session includes pediatric content