Explore a variety of nutrition support topics related to pediatric critical care including the latest research on patient treatment and overcoming nutrition support challenges.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Compare and contrast nutrition support strategies for conditions commonly affecting children in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit
Discuss the role of nutrition support therapy in ultra-short gut syndrome and critical illness related gastrointestinal dysfunction
Identify appropriate anthropometric measurements used in the assessment of a critically ill child

PRESENTERS AND TOPICS
Nutrition Support in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Chronic Lung Disease
Audrey Miller, MD, CLC, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine; Neonatologist, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH

Nutrition Support in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Chronic Lung Disease
Jennifer Curtiss, MS, RD, LD, CLC, Clinical Dietitian, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Lactation, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH

Nutrition Support of the Pediatric Surgical Patient in the ICU
Katelyn Ariagno, RD, LDN, CNSC, CSPCC, Senior Nutrition Specialist; Parenteral Nutrition Education Coordinator, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Nutrition Support in the Ultra-Short Gut Patient
Molly Dienhart, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH

Anthropometrics and Nutrition Assessment in the Pediatric ICU
Sharon Irving, PhD, CRNP, FCCM, FAAN, FASPEN, Associate Professor of Pediatric Nursing; Vice Chair, Department of Family and Community Heath, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA

Update on GI Dysfunction in the Pediatric ICU
Enid Martinez, MD, Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital; Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Moderator
Ruba Abdelhadi, MD, CNSC, NASPGHAN-F, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Director, Nutrition Support and Nutrition Services Programs, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, Kansas City, MO

Supported in part by Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition

This session includes pediatric content

Katelyn Ariagno MPH, RD, LDN, CNSC

Senior Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Center for Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

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