Mind the Gap: Aligning Pediatric Intestinal Failure Care With Evidence (SU40)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 14, 2027

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM CT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-27-016-L01-P

Course Level:

Intermediate

Pediatric Content Included

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Describe how intestinal failure affects health-related quality of life for children and their families.
  • Identify approaches to assessing quality of life in routine clinical care.
  • Summarize current evidence and recommendations for the prevention and management of venous thromboembolism in children with intestinal failure.
  • Outline recommended approaches to screening for and monitoring renal complications, including chronic kidney disease and nephrolithiasis, in children with intestinal failure.
  • Identify potential facilitators of and barriers to implementing clinical practice recommendations.

Topics & Presenters

Quality of Life in Pediatric Intestinal Failure

Marie L. Neumann
PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE

VTE Prophylaxis in Pediatric Intestinal Failure

Riten Kumar
MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Harvard Medical School

Director, Thrombosis, Anticoagulation, and Vascular Patency Program

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

CKD and Nephrolithiasis in Pediatric Intestinal Failure

Mahima Keswani
MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Attending Physician, Nephrology

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Moderators:

Atu Agawu

MD, MPH, MSCE

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Keck School of Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

Jennifer T. McClelland

MS, FNP-BC

Advanced Practice Nurse III

Boston Children's Hospital

Clinical Coordinator

Home Parenteral Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA