Live Webinar – “Nutritional management of children with cholestatic liver diseases”

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

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North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
The Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Nurses
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Foundation
The NASPGHAN Council For Pediatric Nutrition Professionals
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