The ASPEN International Nutrition Guidelines for Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgery (SA22)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 13, 2027

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-27-005-L01-P

Course Level:

Intermediate/Advanced

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Describe the systematic review, risk-of-bias, GRADE, and consensus methods used to develop evidence-based nutrition recommendations for adults undergoing cardiac surgery.
  • Identify key recommendations for nutrition screening, assessment, and intervention across the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of cardiac surgery.
  • Differentiate recommendations supported by higher-certainty evidence from those based on limited or indirect evidence and expert consensus.
  • Apply the guideline recommendations to the interprofessional healthcare team’s nutrition care of adults undergoing cardiac surgery.

Topics & Presenters

International Nutrition Guidelines for Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Methods

Liam McKeever
PhD, RD, FASPEN

Director and Editor in Chief

ASPEN Clinical Guidelines, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Assistant Professor

Department of Clinical Nutrition, Rush University

Chicago, IL

International Nutrition Guidelines for Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: The Recommendations (Part 1)

Ranna Modir
MS, RD, CNSC, CDCES, CCTD

Clinical Dietitian IV

Cardiac Transplant, MCS, VAD, Stanford Health Care

Stanford, CA

International Nutrition Guidelines for Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: The Recommendations (Part 2)

Christian Stoppe
FAHA, FESC

Professor of Medicine

Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine , University Hospital Würzburg

Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany

Moderators:

Liam McKeever

PhD, RD, FASPEN

Director and Editor in Chief

ASPEN Clinical Guidelines, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Assistant Professor

Department of Clinical Nutrition, Rush University

Chicago, IL