Concurrent Session II - HOT TOPICS: NOVEL APPROACHES AND CHALLENGES IN GASTROENTEROLOGY
Moderators: Matthew Ryan, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Michael Stephens, MD, Mayo Clinic

A survival guide to blenderized formulas
Margaret (Mimi) Girten, RD, LDN, FAND, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Objectives:
  • Recognize the importance of blenderized formulas
  • Identify & compare commercial blenderized formulas
Margaret Girten
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Disagreeing with parents: Reframing the conversation by moving beyond the best interests standard
Daniel Kamin, MD, Boston Children's Hospital
Objectives:
  • Understand how pediatric decision-making is commonly conceptualized from ethics standpoint
  • Grasp the benefits and limitations of the best interests standard
  • Introduce the concept of reasonableness as a complimentary model for responding to disagreement
  • Practice using decision-making models through case study
Daniel Kamin
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IMPACT OF OBESITY IN CHANGES IN PHYSIOLOGY AND SYSTEMIC DRUG EXPOSURE TO PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS Valentina Shakhnovich, MD Children’s Mercy Hospital
Valentina Shakhnovich
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Financial realities of IBD care
Andrew Grossman, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Objectives:
  • Understand the multiple contributors to escalating cost of care for IBD
  • Distinguish between direct and indirect costs to pediatric IBD patients and families
Andrew Grossman
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