Save the Date – September 16, 2020
8:00 pm Eastern Time
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Moderator: Sanjiv Harpavat, MD, Baylor School of Medicine, Houston, TX
Nutritional Support
Shikha Sundaram, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine. Aurora, CO
Objectives:
-Understand the pathophysiology of nutritional deficiencies in cholestatic liver disease.
-Understand the approach to assessing nutritional status to inform alterations in energy, fat and protein in children with cholestatic liver disease.
-Understand a stepwise approach to feeding children with cholestatic liver disease to optimize growth and development.
Vitamins and Micronutrients
Jennifer Vittorio, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY
Objectives:
– Review the pathophysiology of fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies in patients with cholestatic liver disease.
-Discuss the clinical presentation and review the long-term implications of fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies.
-Review the currently available vitamin supplements, formulations and route of administration for management of fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies
Supported by an educational grant from Albireo
