"ASPEN Pediatric Critical Care Guidelines Teleseminar"
Pediatric Critical Care Guidelines Teleseminar April 15, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. ET Based on A.S.P.E.N.’s recently published pediatric guidelines, this teleseminar will focus on key aspects and controversies of nutrition support in the critically ill child. Join us to hear an in-depth discussion on energy expenditure, including both measured and estimated assessment methods, adjustments for obesity and the questions surrounding overfeeding and underfeeding. We’ll also cover glycemic control, hypertriglyceridemia and timing of initiation of nutrition support.
Learning Objectives
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Evaluate the factors contributing to energy expenditure in the critically ill pediatric patient and methods for estimating and measuring energy expenditure.
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Identify the barriers to providing adequate nutrition in the pediatric critically ill pediatric patient.
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Implement best practices for nutrition support of the critically ill child.
Who should participate?
Practicing pediatric critical care clinicians.
Faculty
Energy Expenditure
Christine Framson, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSD, Director Pediatric Nutrition Support,
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital,
Providence, RI
Barriers to Providing Optimal Nutrition During
Critical Illness
Nilesh Mehta, MD, Assistant Professor in Critical Care Medicine, Instructor in
Anesthesia, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
Moderator
Elizabeth Lyman, RN, MSN, Senior Program Coordinator for the Nutrition
Support Team, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO