Roundtables (RT1)

Discuss specific nutrition support topics during the Roundtables Session. Tables will be organized by topic and participants will have an opportunity to interact in small groups with members of the healthcare team. Each roundtable will have a faculty leader who will meet with groups for 25 minutes before participants are asked to move to another table for discussion on a different topic. Participants will have an opportunity to visit three tables during the session.

Nutrition Considerations and Challenges for the Large-for-Gestational-Age Newborn (RT1-A)*

• Identify nutrition needs and challenges for the large-for-gestational-age (LGA) newborn admitted to the NICU.
• Discuss potential long-term health implications of LGA status at birth.
• Consider implications of “catch-down” growth and discuss failure to thrive in LGA infants.

Diagnosis and Nutritional Management of Fat Malabsorption of Congenital Diarrhea and Enteropathy: A Global Initiative (RT1-B)

• Identify the presenting signs and symptoms of fat malabsorption conditions.
• Describe the nutritional approach (including enteral and parental nutrition) for the treatment of fat malabsorption.
• Develop pathways in early detection and the quest for novel nutritional interventions.

Teduglutide Tips and Tricks in the Modern Era (RT1-C)

• Summarize Teduglutide’s rationale for use.
• Implement a plan to troubleshoot GI side effects experienced by the patient new teduglutide versus the patient on teduglutide long term.
• Apply alternate strategies such as adjusted dosage, altered dosage frequency, and adjustment of other therapies to mitigate the GI effects experienced by patients using teduglutide.

Traveling With Home Nutrition Support: Advice From a Clinician, Patient Advocate, and Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition User (RT1-D)

• Optimize nutrition status and troubleshoot home parenteral and enteral nutrition (HPEN)_issues for consumers traveling with HPEN.
• Develop strategies for HPEN travel planning and preparedness.
• Summarize day-to-day considerations when traveling with nutrition support from the perspective of a HPEN user.

Navigating Sex and Intimacy While on Nutrition Support: “The Talk” Providers Should Be Having With Patients (RT1-E)

• Identify the impact of long-term nutrition support on relationships, intimacy, and body image across the lifespan and during age-related changes.
• Summarize how these factors, combined with the complexities of nutrition support, influence self-perception and quality of life, and why addressing them is essential for comprehensive patient care.
• Develop effective communication strategies to initiate and facilitate patient-centered discussions about sexual health, intimacy, and social confidence in an inclusive, age-appropriate, and supportive manner.
• Utilize an interprofessional team approach to provide comprehensive support for patients navigating dating, relationships, and self-esteem while on nutrition support.

Bolus and Beyond: Real Talk on Home Tube Feeding (RT1-F)

• Outline the challenges and innovations in bolus feeding, with a focus on real-life experiences.
• Describe practical solutions for managing volumes, frequency, and rates of tube feeding to improve patient outcomes and quality of life.

The First 7 Days: Novel and Familiar Strategies to Eliminate Gaps in Care for the Adult Patient During Home Parenteral Nutrition Transitions (RT1-G)

• Examine reimbursement, clinical, psychosocial, and care coordination barriers for safe transitions of care with home parenteral nutrition (HPN).
• Outline opportunities, including the clinician handoff, to optimize the PN prescription for home and prevent medication errors during HPN transitions.
• Assess potential gaps in patient and caregiver education in the HPN transition process and list strategies to mitigate them.

The Triage Education Model: A New Approach to Empowering Home Nutrition Support Patients in Managing Complications (RT1-H)

• Define the Triage Model and distinguish between routine, urgent, and emergent complications for home nutrition support patients.
• Describe how to create and implement patient education materials that teach home nutrition support patients to apply the Triage Model in managing their health effectively at home.
• Identify strategies to enhance patient confidence and decision-making in managing home nutrition complications, thereby reducing unnecessary hospital visits and improving patient outcomes.

Use of Point-of-Care Muscle Ultrasound to Direct Nutrition Care Across the Lifespan (RT1-I)

• Utilize ultrasound measurements for the quadriceps and temporalis muscles.
• Discuss confounding factors that can affect the accuracy and precision of measurements.
• Interpret ultrasound results and incorporate them into current practice.

Bariatrics Gone Bad: Managing Malnutrition in the Post Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery Patient (RT1-J)

• Describe the variety of bariatric procedures and the potential nutrition complications patients may experience both acutely and chronically.
• Identify nutrition deficiencies patients can experience after metabolic-bariatric surgery.
• Implement appropriate nutritional plans for this population for the post metabolic-bariatric surgery population.

Cross Talk: When the Brain and the Gut Overcommunicate – Understanding Pediatric DGBIs (RT1-K)*

• Describe what encompasses DGBIs, the fundamental root causes, and medical treatment modalities for these conditions in the pediatric cohort.
• Develop plans for the nutritional management of pediatric DGBIs including diet modifications, elimination diets, and pertinent functional medicine strategies.
• Explain the integral role of psychological intervention in the management of pediatric DGBIs.

*Pediatric Content Included