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CPNP Nutrition Symposium

Business Meeting and Welcome

Session I
Pediatric feeding disorder: What a Dietitian needs to know
Presenters: Praveen S. Goday, MD, CNSC, FAAP, Medical College of Wisconsin and Mary Beth Feuling, MS, RD, CD, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Learning Objectives:

• To recognize the various aspects of pediatric feeding disorder (PFD)
• Analyze nutrition intake with respect to PFD
• Create a nutrition intervention plan for children with PFD

The long road of nutrition for the short gut patient
Presenter: Rebecca Wilhelm, MS, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center
Learning Objectives:

• Identifying patient population while in NICU.
• Identifying the team members to collaborate with from NICU to Intestinal Failure team.
• Defining intestinal adaptation and phases
• Monitoring growth while adjusting nutrition to achieve enteral autonomy
• Identify and monitor of labs and output
• Identifying team players to help IR patient’s achieve enteral autonomy

Session II
Grant Writing/RDs in Research
Pearls and swine: why and how you should consider nutrition research
Presenter: Justine Turner, MD, PhD, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy
Learning Objectives:

• To understand the need for RD nutrition researchers
• To consider the benefits to you of doing research
• To learn tips for success in establishing a research career

Determining Nutrition Risk in Pediatric Patients with Scoliosis
Presenter: Catherine Karls, MS, RD, CD, CNSC, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Learning Objectives:

• Describe nutrition risk factors in pediatric patients undergoing spine surgery
• Present retrospective findings of nutrition risk and outcomes of our institutional data on patients aged 2-18  years who had spine surgery.
• Present a novel screening tool being studied by our institution that aims to better identify patients with nutrition risk factors prior to spine surgery

A single-center quality improvement-based initiative for the diagnosis and treatment of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in children and adolescents with newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease
Presenter: Jennifer Smith, MS, RD, CSP, LD, LMT, Nationwide Childrens Hospital
Learning Objectives:

• Understand prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in pediatric IBD
• Use NCH anemia pathway to aid in screening, treatment, and reevaluation of ID/IDA
• Describe NCH experience using quality improvement tools to increase identification and treatment of ID/IDA with pediatric patients newly diagnosed with IBD

Session III
Nutrition in the Gray Area: bioethical approach to bridging differences between parents and nutrition professionals professionals
Presenters: Ellen Blank, MD, The Medical College of Wisconsin and Sarah Vermilyea, MS, RD, CSP, LD, CNSC, St. Joseph Home of Cincinnati
Learning Objectives:

• Discuss ethical aspects of consent or refusal for nutrition recommendations
• Provide case studies of refusals or non-adherence for group discussion
• Create framework for ethical decision-making when considering plans for nutritional support

Abstracts

Session IV
Why Diet Therapy for IBD? Evidence and future direction
Presenters: Lindsey Albenberg, DO, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Kim Braly, RD, Kim Braly Nutrition and Abigail Lundin, MS, RD, CSP, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland
Learning Objectives:

• Describe why diet therapy is important and needed for IBD
• Description of SCD and evidence for its use
• Description of enteral therapies and CDED and evidence for their use
• Discussion of enteral therapies and CDED and evidence for their use

Annual Meeting Sessions Approved for CPEs 

We are excited to announce the following sessions, held during the general NASPGHAN Annual Meeting, were approved for CPEUs as an added value to our members.

Monday, November 2

Concurrent Session I - 1:00 PM-2:30 PM ET

Medical management of intestinal failure
Moderators: Debora Duro, MD, MS, Salah Foundation Children's Hospital and Charles Vanderpool, MD, Riley Hospital for Children

1:00 PM Mitigating risk and managing intestinal failure associated liver disease in children: The role of parenteral lipids
Justine Turner, MD, PhD, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy
Learning Objectives:

• Define the pediatric population at risk of intestinal failure associated liver disease/IFALD.
• Define the role of parenteral lipids in developing children.
• Review the advantages and disadvantages of current parenteral lipid strategies for treatment and prevention of IFALD.
• Consider what would be the ideal parenteral lipid(s) for children at risk of IFALD.

1:25 PM AN INTERNATIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT DESCRIBING THE UTILITY, INTEREST, AND PRIORITIES OF SPECIFIC CARBOHYDRATE DIET EDUCATION AMONGST INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.
Nancy Rivera, MD, MS, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
1:37 PM The Challenging intestinal failure patient
Valeria Cohran, MD, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital
Learning Objectives:

• The participant should be able to assess and manage feeding intolerance.
• The participant should know the indications for teduglutide in patients with intestinal failure.
• The participant will identify the indications for endoscopy and surgery in the care of children with intestinal failure.

2:02 PM A Placebo Controlled Exploratory Study to Identify Biomarkers in Food Tolerance - NASPGHAN Foundation/Abbott Nutrition Advanced Fellowship Training in Pediatric Nutrition
Bridget Dowd, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Monday, November 2

Concurrent Session II - 3:00 PM-4:30 PM ET

Obesity - when to intervene, what's available, what works
Moderators: Catherine Larson-Nath, MD, University of Minnesota and Mark Corkins, MD, CNSC, SPR, FAAP, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

3:00 PM Current guidelines for the treatment of pediatric obesity: A focus on empirically supported behavioral interventions
Ann Davis, PhD, MPH, ABPP, KU Medical Center
3:25 PM The weight of the world: The role of the RD in obesity treatment
Sharon Weston, MS, RD, LDN, Boston Children’s Hospital
Learning Objectives:

• Determine cutoffs for pediatric obesity and severe obesity using BMI percentiles and % 95th percentile BMI criteria.
• Describe at least 3 dietary questions which can be used to assess current eating pattern and diagnose problem areas.
• Describe health behaviors which can be focused on rather than body weight as part of the nutrition intervention.

3:50 PM Sugar Metabolism in Fatty Liver Disease - NASPGHAN Foundation/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Samir Softic, MD, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
4:02 PM Medical management of obesity and it's complications
Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH, Emory University