S40 - Feeding and Refeeding Syndrome in Premature Infants (S40)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Describe parenteral nutrition prevention and treatment strategies for neonatal refeeding syndrome
2. Summarize the benefits of early enteral feedings and feeding protocols on very low and extremely low birth weight neonates
3. Discuss the transition of graduates from the neonatal intensive care setting to the pediatric inpatient/outpatient setting

FACULTY AND TOPICS
From Womb to World: Starving From the Start
Mary Petrea Cober, PharmD, BCNSP, BCPPS, FASPEN, Clinical Coordinator – NICU, Akron Children’s Hospital; Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of Professional Development, Northeast Ohio Medical University, College of Pharmacy, Akron OH

From Parenteral to Enteral Nutrition: Let’s Use that Gut
Leah Cerwinske, MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC, NICU Dietitian, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

From NICU to the Real World: Time to Transition
Kelly Green Corkins, MS, RD-AP, CSP, LDN, FAND, FASPEN, Pediatric Clinical Dietitian III, Nutrition Therapy, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TN

MODERATOR
Celina Scala, MS, PD, CSPCC, LD, CNSC, Manager of Nutrition Services, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OHCE

This session includes pediatric content

Presented by the ASPEN Neonatal Section