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Pediatric Assessment Tools - Module 1: Optimal nutrition in critically ill children
Infant / Pediatric
CE Accredited Program
Nutrition screening and assessment tools to help identify malnutrition in the critically ill children
Program Description:
- Rationale for nutritional assessment of critically ill children
- Physical examination, anthropometry and nutritional history
- Malnutrition screening and assessment tools
- Serum biomarkers
- Nutritional assessment: Roles and responsibilities
- Test your knowledge
Program Objectives:
- To understand the need for accurate nutritional and anthropometric assessment of critically ill children
- To be able to take a thorough nutrition-focused medical history of a child admitted to the PICU
- To understand which anthropometric assessments are required to help determine the nutritional status of the child, and how to obtain thorough, accurate measurements
- To be able to determine whether the child is at risk of malnutrition, or is already malnourished
- To be able to interpret baseline serum biomarkers
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