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< Resources for Patient Populations or Healthcare Management
These materials are intended to be used by clinicians caring for pediatric patients.
Videos
NEW!
Human Milk and the Preterm Infant: Using What We Know About Human Milk Composition to Create Better Feeding Plans for the Preterm Infant
Sponsored by Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition
2022
NEW!
Impacts of the Infant Formula Shortage: The Health Care Provider’s Perspective
Sponsored by ByHeart
2022
NEW!
Microbiome, Gut, and Food Allergy Videos
Supported by Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition
2022
Current Understandings of Food Allergy
Current Understandings of the Role of the Gut in Autoimmune Diseases
The Microbiome and the Immune System: Key Issues for the Neonate
Pediatric Nutrition-Focused Physical Exam (NFPE) Worksheets: Tools to Enhance Practice
2021
Pediatric Nasogastric Tube Placement and Verification: An Instructional Video for Professionals
2018
English Version
Spanish Version
Chinese Subtitled Version
Pediatric Nasogastric Tube Placement and Verification: An Instructional Video for Caregivers
2018
English Version
Spanish Version
Malnutrition Matters for Pediatric Patients
2018
Metabolism Matters (Malnutrition - Pediatric Patients)
2018
Malnutrition in Children with Chronic Disease: Congenital Heart Disease and Liver Disease (Part 1)
2019
Malnutrition in Children with Chronic Disease: Cystic Fibrosis and Renal Disease (Part 2)
2019
Novel Human Milk Fortifier Container Prevents Breast Milk Waste and Makes the Process of Breast Milk Fortification More Efficient
(ASPEN20 Abstract of Distinction)
2020
Tools
NEW!
Practice Tool:
Sample Menus for Children with Short Bowel Syndrome
(Members Only)
2024
NEW!
Practice Tool:
Diet History Assessment Tool for Children with Intestinal Failure
(Members Only)
2024
NEW!
Nutrition in the First 1,000 Days: Deficiency and Toxicity Prevention for Cognitive Development
Practice Tool
Supported by ByHeart
Podcast
Supported by ByHeart
NEW!
Practice Tool:
Hypoallergenic Formulas for Infants and Children: When to Use Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula(eHF) vs. Amino Acid-Based Formula (AAF)
Supported by Nutricia North America, 2023
Consumer Tip Sheet:
Supplementing Human Milk for Term Infants Experiencing Growth Failure
Supported by Nutricia North America, 2023
Practice Tool:
Supplementing Human Milk for Term Infants Experiencing Growth Failure: A Guide for Clinicians
Supported by Nutricia North America, 2023
Practice Tool:
Infant Formula Shortage Resources
Sponsored by ByHeart, 2022
Nutrition Care Pathways
The Nutrition Care Pathways indicate best practices and guide clinicians—step by step—through the nutrition care process, from admission to discharge. Each step in the pathway is supplemented with resources to use in developing nutrition care plans for patients.
Pediatric Nutrition Care Pathway
Ask About Your Child's Nutrition Poster
It is important for caregivers and families to be proactive and ask about their child's nutrition status. ASPEN has created an educational poster to help you recognize the signs of malnutrition in children, so you can talk to their healthcare provider about treatment. The poster is available in multiple languages.
English
French
Spanish
Arabic
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Publications
ASPEN Lipid Injectable Emulsion Safety Recommendations Part 2: Neonate and Pediatric Considerations
.
Nutr Clin Pract.
27 October 2021.
ASPEN Lipid Injectable Emulsion Safety Recommendations: Neonate and Pediatric Considerations Practice Tool
Supported by Fresenius Kabi 2022
NEW!
Spanish Practice Tool:
Recomendaciones de ASPEN de Seguridad para las Emulsiones lipídicas intravenosa: Consideraciones en Neonatos y Pacientes Pediátricos
Translation courtesy of FELANPE, 2023
ASPEN Definitions in Pediatric Intestinal Failure
.
NEW!
Practice Tool:
Definitions in Pediatric Intestinal Failure
Supported by Fresenius Kabi 2022
Transitioning From Nasogastric Feeding Tube to Gastrostomy Tube in Pediatric Patients: A Survey on Decision-Making and Practice
. Included in this paper is a
helpful decision tree
to aid clinician and families in this important decision making process.
Nutr Clin Pract.
2021;36:654-664.
Pediatric Nasogastric Tube Placement and Verification: Best Practice Recommendations From the NOVEL Project
.
Nutr Clin Pract
. 2018;33:921-927.
2017 Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient
.
JPEN J Parenter Enteral
2017 Vol 41, Issue 5, pp. 706 – 742
Summary of 2017 Pediatric Guidelines
Bouma S.
Diagnosing Pediatric Malnutrition: Paradigm Shifts of Etiology‐Related Definitions and Appraisal of the Indicators
.
Nutr Clin Pract.
2017;32(1):52-67.
2014 ASPEN Clinical Guidelines: Support of Pediatric Patients with Intestinal Failure at Risk of Parenteral Nutrition - Associated Liver Disease
.
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr.
2014 Vol. 38, Issue 5, pp. 538–557
Abdelhadi RA, Bouma S, Bairdain S, et al.
Characteristics of hospitalized children with a diagnosis of malnutrition: United States, 2010
.
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr.
2016;40(5):623-635.
Podcasts
Supplementing Human Milk for Term Infants Experiencing Growth Failure: A Guide for Clinicians
Supported by Nutricia North America, 2023