Date: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Location: Gibson Hotel, Point Square, Dublin 1
This Nutricia event covered a wide range of topics related to nutritional status and monitoring in children.
The educational agenda delivered valuable guidance and a forum for discussion with the emphasis on the practicalities of many aspects of assessments, measuring and monitoring for clinical practice encompassing both critically and chronically ill paediatric patients.
Download the presentations from the event below
Anthropometric Measurements in Paediatrics
Growth Development in Children with Chronic Conditions
Management of Faltering Growth in an Acutely Unwell Infant
Micronutrient Deficiency in a Toddler with an Extremely Restricted Diet
Nutritional Blood Monitoring in Enterally Fed Children
Nutritional Bloods in Enterally Fed Children - References
Nutritional Profiles of Community Based Children
Pitfalls in Nutritional Assessment in Sick or Critically Ill Paediatric Patients
08:30 Registration
09:30 Nutricia Opening
09:35 Chairperson Opening
Fiona Ward, Dietitian Manager, Children's Health Ireland (CRI) at Crumlin, Dublin
09:45 Pitfalls in Nutritional Assessment in Sick or Critically Ill Paediatric Patients
Dr Konstantinos Gerasimidis, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Nutrition, University of Glasgow, UK
10:35 Anthropometric Measurements in Paediatrics -Do’s and Don’t
Dr Roslyn Tarrant, RD, PhD, Senior Paediatric Dietitian, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin
11:25 Growth and Development in Children with Chronic Conditions
Dr Jarod Wong, Senior Clinical Lecturer & Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Glasgow, UK
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Chairperson Address
13:20 Nutritional Bloods in Enterally Fed Children with Neurodisability
Dr Andrew Barclay, Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Glasgow, UK
14:10 Nutritional Profiles of Community Based Children with Complex Neurodisability - Results of a Recent Audit
Dr Louise Gibson, Senior Lecturer & Consultant Community Paediatrician, Cork University Hospital
14:55 Coffee Break
15:15 Management of Faltering Growth in an Acutely Unwell Infant
Emer Bateman, Senior Paediatric Dietitian in Haematology and Oncology, Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin, Dublin
15:45 Micronutrient Deficiency in a Toddler with an Extremely Restricted Diet
Donal Farrell, Paediatric Dietitian, Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin, Dublin
16:20 Final Q&A and Close