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NPPC-2017 - Nutrition Support for the Practicing Pediatric Clinician: Excellence in Pediatric Nutrition Support
Feb 18, 2017 7:00am
‐ Feb 18, 2017 11:00am
Pediatric patients present a myriad of challenges for the clinician. Join us for this course focusing on managing the pediatric patient from a nutrition perspective. Faculty experts will deep dive into a variety of topics including monitoring of growth, feeding the preterm infant, malnutrition, enteral feeding tubes and connectors, blenderized diets, and intestinal failure.
Objectives:
Describe the management options for nutrient deficiencies in high-risk neonates
Monitor childhood growth and nutritional status during health and disease
Perform a nutrition-focused physical exam on pediatric patients
Summarize the medical evaluation of a child with poor growth
Differentiate between the medical and surgical approaches to managing malabsorption in short bowel syndrome and intestinal failure
Analyze medications and their impact on nutrition
Describe different types of research study designs and terminology
Speaker(s):
Allison
Blackmer,
PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS, FCCP, FASPEN,
Director, Clinical Practice, Quality and Advocacy,
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Silver Spring, MD
Praveen
Goday,
MBBS, CNSC,
Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition,
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Kelly
Green Corkins,
MS, RD-AP, CSP, LDN, FAND, FASPEN,
Pediatric Clinical Dietitian III, Nutrition Therapy,
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TN
Dale
Lee,
MD, MSCE,
Associate Professor; Medical Director, Clinical Nutrition, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Timothy
Sentongo,
MD,
Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Nutrition Support Service; Director, Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy,
The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Speaker(s):
Meghan
A. Arnold,
MD, FACS,
Assistant Professor, CS Mott Children's Hospital,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI