Topic 10 Nutritional Support in Pediatric Patients (2)

To review basic concepts of parenteral nutrition (PN) in infants, children and adolescents in different phases of disease.
To review parenteral feeding requirements, including macronutrients and micronutrients;
To be able to initiate EN and to wean the patient from continuous tube feeding;
To review possible complications of paediatric PN as well as strategies for their prevention and management;
To discuss principles and specificities of EN in children;
To describe nutrient composition of various EN formula;
To discuss issues of enteral versus parenteral nutrition;
To discuss relation of under- and overfeeding in infancy and childhood in relation with chronic diseases in adulthood.