Learn how to work with your nutrition team to achieve optimal nutritional support and overcome care coordination challenges! Topics for this multidisciplinary panel of leading experts include the role of indirect calorimetry, protein requirements, intravenous lipid emulsions, multichamber bags, and transitions of care. Real-world patient cases are also included to highlight the importance of the nutrition support team.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Discuss advances in the use of indirect calorimetry for measuring energy expenditure in patients needing nutritional support.
Identify protein requirements for optimized nutrition support for patients.
Employ intravenous lipid emulsions (ILEs) into the care of patients receiving nutrition support.
Explain strategies to improve transitions in care for patients receiving nutrition support.

FACULTY
Elisabeth De Waele, MD, PhD, Medical Director Clinical Nutrition, Intensive Care Department, Associated Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Andrew Mays, PharmD, MBA, BCNSP, CNSC, FASPEN, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Nutrition Support, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Jackson, MS

Kris M. Mogensen, MS, RD-AP, LDN, CNSC, Team Leader Dietitian Specialist, Department of Nutrition, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

SUPPORTER ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Supported by an educational grant from Baxter

Sponsored by Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL)

ACHL

Elisabeth De Waele MD, PhD

Medical Director Clinical Nutrition, Intensive Care Unit, Associated Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

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