Description

1. Describe critical nutrients to improve the outcome of children in the intensive care unit
2. Compare and contrast the risks or benefits of over and under nutrition in the critically ill child and available tools to measure energy homeostasis
3. Identify the criteria for use of pharmaconutrition in the critically ill child

Speaker(s):

• Adriana Fernandez, MD
• Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD, FASPEN, Vice-Chairman, Pediatric General Surgery; Surgical Director, Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation; W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery, Boston Childrens Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Speaker(s):

• Joyce Owens, RD, CD, CNSC, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
• Sarah Phillips, MS, RD