Preconference Course
Date & Time:
February 13, 2027
7:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Format:
In Person & Virtual
CE Credits:
4 Hours
UAN: JA0002345-0000-27-001-L01-P
Course Level:
Intermediate
Pediatric Content Included
Breakfast and Lunch Provided
What You'll Learn
Explore current research, treatment strategies, controversies, and challenges in providing nutrition support for critically ill pediatric patients. Topics include: indirect calorimetry; nutrition therapy during ECMO and CRRT; a review of current research and literature; plant-based and extensively hydrolyzed formulas; best practices for children with complex medical conditions; nutrition care after PICU discharge; and feeding children receiving vasopressors.
- State the indications for and challenges of using indirect calorimetry to estimate resting expenditure in the pediatric critical care population.
- Evaluate the best option(s) for the nutrition support of children receiving ECMO and CRRT.
- Describe the goals for establishing nutrition support, how to optimize enteral tolerance, and consider the risks and benefits associated with early vs. late parenteral nutrition support in children with critical illness.
- State the pros and cons associated with using alternative enteral formulas in the pediatric critical care population.
- Explain the controversy associated with feeding children in the intensive care unit who are receiving vasopressors.
Topics & Presenters
Use of Indirect Calorimetry in the ICU
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Physician
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine , Children’s Mercy
ECMO and CRRT Modes in the ICU
Senior Pediatric Renal Dietitian
Texas Children’s Hospital
Timing and Route of Nutrition Support in the ICU: How to Define Intolerance and the Role of Formula Composition
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital
Director, Critical Care Nutrition
Boston Children’s Hospital
Use of Plant-Based and Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula in the Critical Care Population
Clinical Nutrition Specialist
Texas Children's Hospital
Nutrition for Children With Complex Medical Conditions in the ICU
Dietitian 3
Ketogenic Diets, Metabolics, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Nutrition and Wound Healing in Critical Care
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Wound/Ostomy Team, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Feeding With Pressors in the ICU
Professor of Pediatrics and Chief
Division of Pediatric Critical Care , Baylor College of Medicine
Division Chief
Pediatric Critical Care , Texas Children’s Hospital
Moderators:
Austin Michalski
RDN, CSPCCRegistered Dietitian Nutritionist
Patient Food and Nutrition Services, CS Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health