web201008 - Indications for Starting Enteral Nutrition: A Case Approach

Oct 8, 2020 11:00am ‐ Oct 8, 2020 12:00pm

Due to the ever changing and increasing complexity of patients’ medical conditions, an Enteral Nutrition Task Force was developed in order to discuss and provide insight into when enteral nutrition would be appropriate. This webinar was chosen as the platform where indications for starting enteral nutrition in specific patients’ conditions and/or disease states would be discussed with health care providers.

Learning Objectives:

Detail indications and timing of enteral feeding in mild pancreatitis and inflammatory bowel disease
Identify clinical monitoring parameters to assess safe use of enteral nutrition in hemodynamically unstable patients
Identify guidelines for using feeding tubes in patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer

Moderator(s):

Ainsley Malone, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN, Nutrition Support Dietitian, Clinical Practice Specialist, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, New Albany, OH

Speaker(s):

Matthew Bechtold, MD, Gastroenterologist, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
Krystie Nelson, RD, LN, AP, CNSC, Clinical Dietitian ICU, Billings Clinic/Sodexo, Billings, MT
Cristina Swartz, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC, Northwestern Medicine Warrenville Cancer Center, Chicago, IL