Preterm infants are at risk for oxidative injury and many clinicians are unaware of the role of selenium and how enteral and parenteral requirements could be targeted.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Outline key benefits of selenium to preterm health
Describe selenium status in preterm infants
Summarize the factors affecting selenium status and response to replenishment therapy

FACULTY
Timothy Sentongo, MD, Endoscopy Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL

Celina Cowan, LDN, RDN, CNSC will present section business.

Moderator
Christina Valentine, MD, MS, RD, FAAP, Department of Pediatrics/Division of Neonatology; Medical Director, Perinatal Nutrition, Banner University Medical Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Supported by

Christina Valentine RD, MD

Neonatologist/Medical Director, RB Health; Visiting Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Cincinnati, Terrace Park, OH

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