Event Details

Complimentary CE/CME Symposium from MedEdicus: Case Discussions in PN: Managing Challenging Patients in the Continuum of Care (VIRTUAL)

Date: April 22, 2023
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 AM PT (9:00 - 10:30 AM ET)

This registration applies to the virtual symposium stream only.

Sponsored by:

     

Held in conjunction with the ASPEN 2023 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference.

Earn: 1.5 CPEUs, 1.5 Contact Hours, or 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

This continuing medical education activity is provided by MedEdicus LLC in collaboration with Amedco.

Commercial Support Acknowledgement: This continuing medical education activity is supported through an educational grant from Fresenius Kabi USA.

 

Program Description

This symposium focuses on optimizing lipid injectable emulsions in parenteral nutrition throughout the continuum of hospital through home care. Cases will provide the latest practical approaches to providing care in neonates and adult hospital and home care patients. Compatibility, intestinal failure–associated liver disease, filtration, managing transitions of care, pediatric considerations, and shortages are some of the topics that will be covered.

 

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, participants will be better able to:

 Describe the dosing of various lipid injectable emulsions to prevent essential fatty acid deficiency in adult and pediatric patients

 Demonstrate appropriate use of lipid injectable emulsions in hospital and home adult patients

Demonstrate appropriate use of lipid injectable emulsions in pediatric/neonatal patients at risk for intestinal failure–associated liver disease

 

Faculty

Carol S. Ireton-Jones, PhD, RD, CNSC, FASPEN (Chair)

Online Instructor

Department of Nutritional Sciences

College of Human Sciences

Texas Tech University

Nutrition Therapy Specialist

Nutrishare, Inc

Good Nutrition for Good Living

Dallas, Texas

 

Phil Ayers, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP

Clinical Associate Professor

Chief of Clinical Pharmacy Services

School of Pharmacy

University of Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi

 

Kara Calkins, MD

Professor of Pediatric Neonatology

David Geffen School of Medicine

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California