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Enteral Nutrition in Preterm Infants: ESPGHAN Recommendations

Enteral Nutrition in Preterm Infants: ESPGHAN Recommendations

Join this course to gain advanced knowledge of ESPGHAN's recommendations for neonatal nutrition. Over four weeks, pediatric nutrition experts will guide you in applying best clinical practices, enhancing infant health and nutrition based on the latest scientific evidence.

20.000  د.ا
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20.000  د.ا
Responsible Nutrition Experts
Last Update 11/18/2024
Completion Time 23 hours
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Advanced Nutrition
  • Week 1 Macronutrients
    15Lessons · 4 hr
    • Introduction to ESPGHAN and the course
    • Glossary and abbreviations
    • Development and structure of this course
    • Evidence base and grading of recommendations
    • Table of recommendations
    • Human milk nutrient concentrations: evidence base and justification
    • Introduction to individual nutrients
    • Energy
    • Protein
    • Protein:Energy ratio
    • Fat supply
    • Carbohydrates
    • How to calculate macronutrients intakes and requirements
    • End of week 1 quiz
      10 xp
    • Week 1 recommendations and conclusions
  • Week 2 Vitamins, minerals and micronutrients
    19Lessons · 5 hr 28 min
    • Test your knowledge
      10 xp
    • Water
    • Electrolytes: sodium, chloride and potassium
    • Case Study 1: Hyponatremia
    • Water
    • Electrolytes: sodium, chloride and potassium
    • Case Study 1: Hyponatremia
    • Minerals: calcium, phosphorus and magnesium
    • Case study 2
    • Case study 2 explained
    • Fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K)
    • Case study 3
    • Case study 3 explained
    • Trace elements
    • Case study 4
    • Case study 4 explained
    • Case study 2-4: summary
    • End of week 2 quiz
      10 xp
    • Week 2 recommendations and conclusions
  • week 3
    19Lessons · 7 hr 9 min
    • Glossary and abbreviations
    • Water-soluble vitamins: Part 1
    • Water-soluble vitamins: Part 2
    • Challenges and solutions to improving the evidence base
    • Osmolality
    • Hydrolysed protein
    • Introduction to feeding approaches
    • Minimal enteral feeds and feed advancement
    • Gastric residuals
    • Timeline of parenteral and enteral nutrition
    • Feeding mode: what would you do?
    • Feeding mode: gastric tube and bolus versus continuous feeding
    • Oral feeding
    • Introduction to growth
    • Small for gestational age (SGA), intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), growth faltering (GF) and catch-up growth
    • Growth - case studies
    • Growth- Summary of case studies
    • End of week 3 quiz
      10 xp
    • Week 3 recommendations and conclusions
  • week 4
    17Lessons · 6 hr 23 min
    • Refresh your learning
    • Working with parents and carers
    • Breastmilk: buccal colostrum
    • Breastmilk: buccal colostrum
    • Breastmilk: pasteurisation and risk of CMV infection
    • Donor human milk
    • Donor human milk
    • Supplemental bionutrients: proteins and sugars
    • Other supplemental bionutrients
    • Breastmilk fortification: purpose and composition
    • Breastmilk fortification: individualisation and use of human milk diets
    • Case discussion and fortification
    • End of week 4 quiz
      10 xp
    • Week 4 recommendations and conclusions
    • Holistic assessment of nutritional status in preterm infants
    • ABCDE Assessment Example
    • Recommendations and conclusions: full course